Sporulation Phenotype of a Bacillus subtilis Mutant Expressing an Unprocessable but Active σE Transcription Factor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1999-2005

  McBride, Shonna ^a   Haldenwang, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA E FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SIGE;

EID: 1642373693     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.7.1999-2005.2004     Document Type: Article

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