Epr plays a key role in DegU-mediated swarming motility of Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-194

  Gupta, Monica ^a   Rao, Kestur Krishnamurthy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; DegU; Epr; Swarming motility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN DEGU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EPR GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 65649139120     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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