Germination of individual Bacillus subtilis spores with alterations in the GerD and SpoVA proteins, which are important in spore germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2301-2311

  Wang, Guiwen ^a   Yi, Xuan ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DODECYLAMINE; GERD PROTEIN; SPOVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MUTATION; OPERON; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79955545095     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00122-11     Document Type: Article

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