Guidelines for nomenclature assignment of Ger receptors

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 830-837

  Ross, Christian A ^a   Abel Santos, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Clostridium; Ger receptors; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION A RECEPTOR; GERMINATION H RECEPTOR; GERMINATION Q RECEPTOR; GERMINATION RECEPTOR; GERMINATION S RECEPTOR; GERMINATION X RECEPTOR; GERMINATION Y RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLALES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

BACILLALES; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); CLOSTRIDIALES; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 78649949902     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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