Dynamic expression of the translational machinery during Bacillus subtilis life cycle at a single cell level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Rosenberg, Alex ^a   Sinai, Lior ^a   Smith, Yoav ^a   Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FORESPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RRN GENE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STEADY STATE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UP-REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864359182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041921     Document Type: Article

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