CSF, a species-specific extracellular signaling peptide for communication among strains of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus mojavensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4095-4099

  Pottathil, Mridula ^a,b   Jung, April ^a,c   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b XLTech Group   (United States)

^c ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMX PEPTIDE; CSF PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESTERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 44349171238     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00187-08     Document Type: Article

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