Truncated Spo0A transcription activities in Bacillus subtilis

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 805-811

  Florek, Patrik ^a   Muchová, Katarína ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Response regulator; Sporulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 19044387149     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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