The conserved sporulation protein YneE inhibits DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3736-3739

  Rahn Lee, Lilah ^a   Gorbatyuk, Boris ^a   Skovgaard, Ole ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YNEE PROTEIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 66149135655     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00216-09     Document Type: Article

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