Novel secretion apparatus maintains spore integrity and developmental gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Doan, Thierry ^a   Morlot, Cecile ^a   Meisner, Jeffrey ^b   Serrano, Monica ^c   Henriques, Adriano O ^c   Moran Jr , Charles P ^b   Rudner, David Z ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLLAPSE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 68249127846     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000566     Document Type: Article

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