The FtsEX ABC transporter directs cellular differentiation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1018-1028

  Garti Levi, Sharon ^a   Hazan, Ronen ^a,b   Kain, James ^c   Fujita, Masaya ^d   Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN FTSE; PROTEIN FTSEX; PROTEIN FTSX; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 47749095965     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06340.x     Document Type: Article

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