The putative DNA translocase SpoIIIE is required for sporulation of the symmetrically dividing coccal species Sporosarcina ureae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 612-622

  Chary, Vasant K ^a   Hubert, David W ^a   Higgins, Michael L ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; SPOROSARCINA UREAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SPOROSARCINA UREAE;

EID: 0033974572     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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