Septation, dephosphorylation, and the activation of σ(F) during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1156-1167

  King, Nicole ^a   Dreesen, Oliver ^b   Stragier, Patrick ^c   Pogliano, Kit ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; DivIC; FtsZ; Septation; SpoIIE; (F)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033135264     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.9.1156     Document Type: Article

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