Proteins involved in formation of the outermost layer of Bacillus subtilis spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4075-4080

  Imamura, Daisuke ^a   Kuwana, Ritsuko ^a   Takamatsu, Hiromu ^a   Watabe, Kazuhito ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COTV PROTEIN; COTX PROTEIN; COTY PROTEIN; COTZ PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79961160010     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05310-11     Document Type: Article

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