Bacterial sporulation: Pole-to-pole protein oscillation

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Sullivan, Susan M ^a   Maddock, Janine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034708046     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00331-6     Document Type: Review

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