Expression of spoIIIJ in the prespore is sufficient for activation of σG and for sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3905-3917

  Serrano, Mónica ^a   Côrte, Luísa ^a   Opdyke, Jason ^b   Moran Jr , Charles P ^b   Henriques, Adriano O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOIIIJ GENE; SPORANGIUM; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037701478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3905-3917.2003     Document Type: Article

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