SpoVID guides SafA to the spore coat in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3041-3049

  Ozin, Amanda J ^a   Samford, Craig S ^a   Henriques, Adriano O ^b   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL TYPE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE TARGETING; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035025713     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3041-3049.2001     Document Type: Article

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