Control of development by altered localization of a transcription factor in B. subtilis

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 665-672

  Quisel, John D ^a   Chi Hong Lin, Daniel ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033231557     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80377-9     Document Type: Article

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