Numbers of individual nutrient germinant receptors and other germination proteins in spores of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3575-3582

  Stewart, Kerry Ann V ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LYSATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL LYSATE; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84881004217     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00377-13     Document Type: Article

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