Temporal separation of distinct differentiation pathways by a dual specificity Rap-Phr system in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-120

  Smits, Wiep Klaas ^a,b   Bongiorni, Cristina ^a,c   Veening, Jan Willem ^a,b   Hamoen, Leendert W ^a,b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b   Perego, Marta ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAPH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COMK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250648354     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05776.x     Document Type: Article

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