A complex of YlbF, YmcA and YaaT regulates sporulation, competence and biofilm formation by accelerating the phosphorylation of Spo0A

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-300

  Carabetta, Valerie J ^a   Tanner, Andrew W ^a   Greco, Todd M ^b   Defrancesco, Melissa ^a   Cristea, Ileana M ^b   Dubnau, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YAAT PROTEIN; YLBF PROTEIN; YMCA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; SPOROGENESIS; YAAT GENE; YLBF GENE; YMCA GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84876193100     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12186     Document Type: Article

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