Dynamic localization of penicillin-binding proteins during spore development in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 999-1012

  Scheffers, Dirk Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN X;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 15844417195     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27692-0     Document Type: Article

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