Regulation of growth of the mother cell and chromosome replication during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3117-3126

  Xenopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SEIRA;

EID: 79958055746     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00204-11     Document Type: Article

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