A dispensable role for forespore-specific gene expression in engulfment of the forespore during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2919-2927

  Sun, Ya Lin ^a   Sharp, Marc D ^a   Pogliano, Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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

EID: 0034059604     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2919-2927.2000     Document Type: Article

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