Molecular kinetics of reviving bacterial spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1875-1882

  Segev, Einat ^a,b   Rosenberg, Alex ^a   Mamou, Gideon ^a   Sinai, Lior ^a   Ben Yehuda, Sigal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SPORE GERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876198575     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00093-13     Document Type: Article

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