A sporulation-specific, sigF-dependent protein, SspA, affects septum positioning in Streptomyces coelicolor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-380

  Tzanis, Angelos ^a   Dalton, Kate A ^a,c   Hesketh, Andrew ^b,d   den Hengst, Chris D ^b   Buttner, Mark J ^b   Thibessard, Annabelle ^a,e   Kelemen, Gabriella H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ImmBio   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORULATION SPECIFIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FTSZ GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPOROGENESIS; SSGB GENE; SSPA GENE; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WHIG GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891929902     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12466     Document Type: Article

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