Identification of a protein, YneA, responsible for cell division suppression during the SOS response in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1113-1122

  Kawai, Yoshikazu ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN C; PROTEIN YNEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE DINR; GENE YNEA; GENE YNEB; GENE YNZC; HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; SULA;

EID: 0037326508     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03360.x     Document Type: Article

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