Constitutive expression of ftsZ overrides the whi developmental genes to initiate sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-632

  Willemse, Joost ^a   Mommaas, A Mieke ^b   Van Wezel, Gilles P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinomycete; Cell division; Checkpoint; Feedback control; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNA CONDENSATION; DNA SEGREGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTSZ GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STRESS; WHIA GENE; WHIB GENE; WHIG GENE; WHIH GENE; WHII GENE; WHIJ GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 84857916529     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-011-9678-7     Document Type: Article

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