Dynamics of the assembly of a complex macromolecular structure - the coat of spores of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SPORE COAT; BASEMENT LAYER; COT GENE; CRUST; FORESPORE ENGULFMENT; INNER COAT; MACROMOLECULE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTER COAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPORE GERMINATION; SPORE RESISTANCE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; SPORES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84855773242     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07948.x     Document Type: Note

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