Where asymmetry in gene expression originates

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 611-620

  Barák, Imrich ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; SPO11 PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 22644434090     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04687.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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