A genomic signature and the identification of new sporulation genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2101-2115

  Abecasis, Ana B ^a,c   Serrano, Mónica ^b   Alves, Renato ^a,b   Quintais, Leonor ^a,d   Pereira Leal, José B ^a   Henriques, Adriano O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; FIRMICUTES; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOMIC SIGNATURE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 84876189467     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02110-12     Document Type: Article

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