An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 754-765

  Chai, Yunrong ^a   Norman, Thomas ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biofilm; Bistability; Epigenetic

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN EPS; PROTEIN SINR; PROTEIN SLRR; PROTEIN YQXM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SEPARATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; HYSTERESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77950951089     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1915010     Document Type: Article

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