Interactions among CotB, CotG, and CotH during Assembly of the Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1110-1119

  Zilhão, Rita ^a,b   Serrano, Mónica ^a   Isticato, Rachele ^c   Ricca, Ezio ^c   Moran Jr , Charles P ^d   Henriques, Adriano O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN COTB; PROTEIN COTG; PROTEIN COTH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1142310715     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.1110-1119.2004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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