Coupling of σG Activation to Completion of Engulfment during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Survives Large Perturbations to DNA Translocation and Replication

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 6264-6271

  Regan, Genevieve ^a   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^b   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA TRANSLOCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSLOCATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84869140397     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01470-12     Document Type: Article

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