Selective heterogeneity in exoprotease production by bacillus subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Davidson, Fordyce A ^a   Seon Yi, Chung ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGU PROTEIN; EXOPEPTIDASE; SPO0A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84862645682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038574     Document Type: Article

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