Identification of genes required for different stages of dendritic swarming in Bacillus subtilis, with a novel role for phrC

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 398-412

  Hamze, Kassem ^a   Julkowska, Daria ^a,b   Autret, Sabine ^a,c   Hinc, Krzysztof ^a,d   Nagorska, Krzysztofa ^a,e   Sekowska, Agnieszka ^a,b   Holland, I Barry ^a   Séror, Simone J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^e Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN CODY; PROTEIN COMA; PROTEIN COMPX; PROTEIN COMQ; PROTEIN COMS; PROTEIN HAG; PROTEIN OPPD; PROTEIN PHRC; PROTEIN RAPC; PROTEIN SFP; PROTEIN SWRA; PROTEIN SWRB; PROTEIN YVZB; SURFACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHRC PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 62249119282     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.021477-0     Document Type: Article

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