Bacterial programmed cell death and multicellular behavior in bacteria

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1518-1526

  Engelberg Kulka, Hanna ^a   Amitai, Shahar ^a   Kolodkin Gal, Ilana ^a   Hazan, Ronen ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MAZEF GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REVIEW; SDP GENE; SKF GENE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTITOXINS; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS;

EID: 33750489399     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020135     Document Type: Review

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