A small protein required for the switch from σF to σG during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-124

  Camp, Amy H ^a,b   Wang, Anna F ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIN PROTEIN; GIN PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR F; SIGMA FACTOR G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPORANGIUM; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 78650076509     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00949-10     Document Type: Article

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