Effects of overexpression of nutrient receptors on germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2457-2464

  Cabrera Martinez, Rosa Martha ^a,b   Tovar Rojo, Federico ^a,b   Ramana Vepachedu, Venkata ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CELL RECEPTOR; DEXTRO ALANINE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GERA GENE; GERK GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPERON; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037385634     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.8.2457-2464.2003     Document Type: Article

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