gerT, a newly discovered germination gene under the control of the sporulation transcription factor σK in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7681-7689

  Ferguson, Caitlin C ^a   Camp, Amy H ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN COTE; PROTEIN GERE; PROTEIN GERT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GERT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YOZR GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 35648990905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01053-07     Document Type: Article

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