Novel spoIIE mutation that causes uncompartmentalized σF-Activation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1590-1598

  Hilbert, David W ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOIIE GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037372787     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.5.1590-1598.2003     Document Type: Article

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