Division of labour during Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-231

  Kearns, Daniel B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 37349081268     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06053.x     Document Type: Note

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