Localization of the germination protein GerD to the inner membrane in Bacillus subtilis spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5635-5641

  Pelczar, Patricia L ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIMER; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFERASE; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 49449111021     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00670-08     Document Type: Article

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