Control of sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 561-566

  Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033659769     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00141-7     Document Type: Review

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