Spo0A, the key transcriptional regulator for entrance into sporulation, is an inhibitor of DNA replication

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3890-3899

  Castilla Llorente, Virginia ^a   Muñoz Espín, Daniel ^a   Villar, Laurentino ^a   Salas, Margarita ^a   Meijer, Wilfried J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; DNA replication initiation; Phage 29; Spo0A; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P6 NUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS PHAGE PHI29; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748066329     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601266     Document Type: Article

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