Diviva-mediated polar localization of ComN, a posttranscriptional regulator of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3661-3669

  dos Santos, Valquiria Tiago ^a   Bisson Filho, Alexandre W ^a   Gueiros Filho, Frederico J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMN PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864021780     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05879-11     Document Type: Article

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