The Bacillus subtilis Hbsu protein modifies the effects of α/β-type, small acid-soluble spore proteins on DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1942-1948

  Ross, Margery A ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DIMERIZATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMIDS; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034022882     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1942-1948.2000     Document Type: Article

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