Architecture and assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Plomp, Marco ^a   Carroll, Alicia Monroe ^b   Setlow, Peter ^b   Malkin, Alexander J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; COTA PROTEIN; COTB PROTEIN; COTE PROTEIN; COTO PROTEIN; GERE PROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT; SAFA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SPORE COAT; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; CELL WALL; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84907436344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108560     Document Type: Article

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