SwrAA activates poly-γ-glutamate synthesis in addition to swarming in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2282-2287

  Osera, Cecilia ^a   Amati, Giuseppe ^a   Calvio, Cinzia ^a   Galizzi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN PGS; PROTEIN SWRAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLYCINE MAX; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 69949122122     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026435-0     Document Type: Article

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