Levels of germination proteins in Bacillus subtilis dormant, superdormant, and germinating spores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Yan ^a   Ray, W Keith ^a   Helm, Richard F ^a   Melville, Stephen B ^a   Popham, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84899692697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095781     Document Type: Article

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