Initiation of endospore formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum

Anaerobe

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-74

  Dürre, Peter ^a   Hollergschwandner, Concha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium acetobutylicum; Endospore formation; Sigma factors; Solventogenesis; Spo0A

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHELATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 1942454236     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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