Effect of a small, acid-soluble spore protein from Clostridium perfringens on the resistance properties of Bacillus subtilis spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7927-7931

  Leyva Illades, Juan Francisco ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; NITROUS ACID; PROTEIN SSP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PRIMERS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 35649017663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01179-07     Document Type: Article

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