Spo0A regulates chromosome copy number during sporulation by directly binding to the origin of replication in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 925-938

  Boonstra, Mirjam ^a   de Jong, Imke G ^a   Scholefield, Graham ^b   Murray, Heath ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,c   Veening, Jan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; PROTEIN SPO0A; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; SPORULATION INHIBITOR OF REPLICATION A; SUPPRESSOR OF DNAA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINA GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84873482396     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12141     Document Type: Article

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