The ExsA protein of Bacillus cereus is required for assembly of coat and exosporium onto the spore surface

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3800-3806

  Bailey Smith, Karen ^a,b   Todd, Sarah J ^a   Southworth, Thomas W ^a   Proctor, John ^a   Moir, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXSA PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; SAFA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; EXSA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DETERGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SALTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 18944408290     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3800-3806.2005     Document Type: Article

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