Mutations in the gerP locus of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus affect access of germinants to their targets in spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1987-1994

  Behravan, Javad ^a,c   Chirakkal, Haridasan ^a   Masson, Anne ^b   Moir, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; INOSINE; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; INOSINE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; OPERON; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034023220     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1987-1994.2000     Document Type: Article

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