Effect of glutamate synthase (GOGAT) activity on Bacillus subtilis spore properties

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-213

  Ruzal, Sandra M ^a   Sanchez Rivas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MURAMIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0043026709     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3960-x     Document Type: Article

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