Amino acid- and purine ribonucleoside-induced germination of Bacillus anthracis ΔSterne endospores: gerS mediates responses to aromatic ring structures

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1296-1303

  Ireland, John A W ^a   Hanna, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE; INOSINE; LIGAND; METHIONINE; NEBULARINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN GERA; PROTEIN GERS; PROTEIN GERX; PROTEIN PXO1; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036175411     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.5.1296-1303.2002     Document Type: Article

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