Identification of new proteins that modulate the germination of spores of bacillus species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3009-3021

  Ramirez Peralta, Arturo ^a,c   Gupta, Srishti ^b   Butzin, Xuan Yi ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^a   Korza, George ^a   Leyva Vazquez, Marco Antonio ^a,c   Christie, Graham ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Guerrero State University   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GERMINATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84880017563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00257-13     Document Type: Article

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