Structure of components of an intercellular channel complex in sporulating Bacillus subtilis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5441-5445

  Levdikov, Vladimir M ^a   Blagova, Elena V ^a   McFeat, Amanda ^a   Fogg, Mark J ^a   Wilson, Keith S ^a   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternate sigma factor; Sporulation; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPOIIIAH; PROTEIN SPOIIQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAP JUNCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84859471455     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120087109     Document Type: Article

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