tmRNA-dependent trans-translation is required for sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1491-1498

  Abe, Teppei ^a   Sakaki, Kazutaka ^a   Fujihara, Ai ^a   Ujiie, Hiromi ^a   Ushida, Chisato ^a,b   Himeno, Hyouta ^a,b   Sato, Tsutomu ^c   Muto, Akira ^a,b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA; SSRA PROTEIN; TMRNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGK GENE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 50049090335     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06381.x     Document Type: Article

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