Single mutations introduced in the essential ribosomal proteins L3 and S10 cause a sporulation defect in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-117

  Akanuma, Genki ^b   Suzuki, Shota ^a   Yano, Koichi ^a   Nanamiya, Hideaki ^a,d   Natori, Yousuke ^a,e   Namba, Eri ^a   Watanabe, Kazuya ^a   Tagami, Kazumi ^a   Takeda, Takuya ^a   Iizuka, Yuka ^b   Kobayashi, Ako ^b   Ishizuka, Morio ^b   Yoshikawa, Hirofumi ^c   Kawamura, Fujio ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Ribosomal protein; Sporulation; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L3; RIBOSOME PROTEIN S10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RPLC GENE; RPSJ GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84878877889     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.59.105     Document Type: Article

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