Antagonistic role of CotG and CotH on spore germination and coat formation in Bacillus subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Saggese, Anella ^a   Scamardella, Veronica ^a   Sirec, Teja ^a   Cangiano, Giuseppina ^a   Isticato, Rachele ^a   Pane, Francesca ^a   Amoresano, Angela ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COTG PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COTH PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84905842692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104900     Document Type: Article

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