Loss of compartmentalization of σE activity need not prevent formation of spores by Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5616-5624

  Chary, Vasant K ^a   Xenopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Eldar, Avigdor ^b   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSFB PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PYRONIA TITHONUS; SIGE;

EID: 78049370736     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00572-10     Document Type: Article

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