Heterochronic phosphorelay gene expression as a source of heterogeneity in bacillus subtilis spore formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2053-2067

  De Jong, Imke G ^a   Veening, Jan Willem ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77950668896     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01484-09     Document Type: Article

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