The timing of cotE expression affects Bacillus subtilis spore coat morphology but not lysozyme resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2401-2410

  Costa, Teresa ^a,d   Serrano, Mónica ^a   Steil, Leif ^b   Völker, Uwe ^b   Moran Jr , Charles P ^c   Henriques, Adriano O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN GERR; PROTEIN SPOIIID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR E; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33947126909     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01353-06     Document Type: Article

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