Transient gene asymmetry during sporulation and establishment of cell specificity in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 394-399

  Frandsen, Niels ^a,c   Baräk, Imrich ^b   Karmazyn Campelli, Céline ^a   Stragier, Patrick ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bacillus subtilis; Septum; SpollE; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033557867     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.4.394     Document Type: Article

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