Cannibalism by sporulating bacteria

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5632, 2003, Pages 510-513

  González Pastor, José E ^a,b   Hobbs, Errett C ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CANNIBALISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CANNIBALISM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANNIBALISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042366189     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086462     Document Type: Article

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