Flexibility of the Prograamme of Spore Coat Formation in Bacillus subtilis: Bypass of CotE Requirement by Over-Production of CotH

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Isticato, Rachele ^a   Sirec, Teja ^a   Giglio, Rosa ^a,b   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^a   Rusciano, Giulia ^a   Pesce, Giuseppe ^a   Zito, Gianluigi ^a   Sasso, Antonio ^a   De Felice, Maurilio ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; COTE PROTEIN; COTH PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COTE PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COTH PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NULL MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84884690155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074949     Document Type: Article

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