Genes governing swarming in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a phase variation mechanism controlling surface motility

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-369

  Kearns, Daniel B ^a   Chu, Frances ^a   Rudner, Rivka ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; EFP GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SFP GENE; SWRA GENE; SWRB GENE; SWRC GENE; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLAGELLA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1942468855     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.03996.x     Document Type: Article

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