Streptomyces morphogenetics: Dissecting differentiation in a filamentous bacterium

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-49

  Flärdh, Klas ^a   Buttner, Mark J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE;

MORPHOGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 55549086417     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1968     Document Type: Review

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