Reversal of an epigenetic switch governing cell chaining in Bacillus subtilis by protein instability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-229

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLPC; PEPTIDASE; SLRR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77957235052     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07335.x     Document Type: Article

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