Genetic analysis of SecA-SecY interaction required for spore development in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-289

  Kobayashi, Hitomi ^a   Ohashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Nanamiya, Hideaki ^a   Asai, Kei ^b   Kawamura, Fujio ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell differentiation; Protein secretion; Sec translocase; Signal transduction pathway; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0034653779     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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