Function of a principal Na+/H+ antiporter, ShaA, is required for initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 898-904

  Kosono, Saori ^a   Ohashi, Yoshiaki ^b,c   Kawamura, Fujio ^b   Kitada, Makio ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033971432     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.898-904.2000     Document Type: Article

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