Mutational analysis of the early forespore/mother-cell signalling pathway in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2753-2761

  Londoño Vallejo, J Arturo ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Membrane receptor; Signalling pathway; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 1842335109     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2753     Document Type: Article

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