The YmdB phosphodiesterase is a global regulator of late adaptive responses in bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-275

  Diethmaier, Christine ^a   Newman, Joseph A ^b,e   Kovács, Ákos T ^c,f   Kaever, Volkhard ^d   Herzberg, Christina ^a   Rodrigues, Cecilia ^b   Boonstra, Mirjam ^c   Kuipers, Oscar P ^c   Lewis, Richard J ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; YMDB GENE;

EID: 84890926407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00826-13     Document Type: Article

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