SpoIIB localizes to active sites of septal biogenesis and spatially regulates septal thinning during engulfment in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1096-1108

  Perez, Ana R ^a   Abanes De Mello, Angelica ^a   Pogliano, Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033959757     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1096-1108.2000     Document Type: Article

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