Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3083-3094

  Kearns, Daniel B ^a,b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D; Bistability; Flagella; Motility; Swarming; SwrA

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SWRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29144501313     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1373905     Document Type: Article

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