Association of early sporulation genes with suggested developmental decision points in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2229-2243

  Flärdh, Klas ^a,b   Findlay, Kim C ^a   Chater, Keith F ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial mycelium; Cell division; Checkpoints; whi genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0042852134     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2229     Document Type: Article

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