Control of initiation of sporulation by replication initiation genes in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2989-2991

  Lemon, Katherine P ^a   Kurtser, Iren ^a   Wu, Judy ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034101584     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2989-2991.2000     Document Type: Article

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