Osmotic strength blocks sporulation at stage II by impeding activation of early sigma factors in Bacillus subtilis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-79

  Ruzal, Sandra M ^a   López, Claudia ^a,b   Rivas, Emilio ^b   Sánchez Rivas, Carmen ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^b Inst de Biol Cel y Neurociencias   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPEROSMOLARITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPORES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2642714113     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900282     Document Type: Article

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