The role of SwrA, DegU and PD3in fla/che expression in B. subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Mordini, Serena ^a   Osera, Cecilia ^a   Marini, Simone ^a   Scavone, Francesco ^a,b   Bellazzi, Riccardo ^a   Galizzi, Alessandro ^a   Calvio, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84893547455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085065     Document Type: Article

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