Cytological analysis of the mother cell death process during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2561-2565

  Hosoya, Shigeo ^a   Lu, Zuolei ^a   Ozaki, Yousuke ^a   Takeuchi, Michio ^a   Sato, Tsutomu ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN NUCB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33947112740     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01738-06     Document Type: Article

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