A three-protein inhibitor of polar septation during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1147-1162

  Eichenberger, Patrick ^a   Fawcett, Paul ^b,c   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIID; PROTEIN SPOIIE; PROTEIN SPOIIM; PROTEIN SPOIIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIGMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SPORANGIUM; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035725455     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02660.x     Document Type: Article

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