Identification and characterization of a new prespore-specific regulatory gene, rsfA, of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 418-424

  Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0343415756     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.418-424.2000     Document Type: Article

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