A widely conserved gene cluster required for lactate utilization in Bacillus subtilis and its involvement in biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2423-2430

  Chai, Yunrong ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LACTIC ACID; SULFUR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTIC ACID; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON;

EID: 65249133908     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01464-08     Document Type: Article

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