Postdivisional synthesis of the Sporosarcina ureae DNA translocase SpoIIIE either in the mother cell or in the prespore enables Bacillus subtilis to translocate DNA from the mother cell to the prespore

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 879-886

  Chary, Vasant K ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA TRANSLOCASE SPOIIIE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; SPOROSARCINA; SPOROSARCINA UREAE; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0037309254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.879-886.2003     Document Type: Article

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