Hpr (ScoC) and the phosphorelay couple cell cycle and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-110

  Shafikhani, Sasha H ^a,b   Núñez, Esperanza ^a   Leighton, Terrance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Depts Med Microbiol and Immunol   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell division; DNA replication arrest; Phosphorelay; Signal transduction; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

6 (4 HYDROXYPHENYLAZO)URACIL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HPR PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; KINA PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SDA PROTEIN; SINI PROTEIN; SPOOA PROTEIN; SPOOF PROTEIN; SPOOH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0842325224     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00936-4     Document Type: Article

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