Control of Bacillus subtilis cell shape by RodZ

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3259-3271

  Muchová, Katarína ^a   Chromiková, Zuzana ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN STABILITY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84888864628     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12200     Document Type: Article

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