Establishment of prespore-specific gene expression in Bacillus subtilis: Localization of SpoIIE phosphatase and initiation of compartment-specific proteolysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3276-3284

  Lewis, Peter J ^a   Wu, Ling Juan ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE SPO IIE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 15444358929     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3276-3284.1998     Document Type: Article

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