Direct and indirect control of late sporulation genes by GerR of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3406-3413

  Cangiano, Giuseppina ^a   Mazzone, Antonio ^a   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^a   Isticato, Rachele ^a   Eichenberger, Patrick ^b   De Felice, Maurilio ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GERR; PROTEIN SPOIIID; PROTEIN SPOVIF; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COTB GENE; COTC GENE; COTG GENE; COTU GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPOROGENESIS; SPOVIF GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77954368190     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00329-10     Document Type: Article

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