Contributions of protein structure and gene position to the compartmentalization of the regulatory proteins σE and SpoIIE in sporulating Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 434-451

  McBride, Shonna M ^a   Rubio, Aileen ^b   Wang, Lei ^a,c   Haldenwang, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHATASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SPO11 PROTEIN; SPO11E PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SIGE;

EID: 22144450337     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04712.x     Document Type: Article

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