Diverse supramolecular structures formed by self-assembling proteins of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-359

  Jiang, Shuo ^a   Wan, Qiang ^a   Krajcikova, Daniela ^b   Tang, Jilin ^c   Tzokov, Svetomir B ^a   Barak, Imrich ^b   Bullough, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; COTE PROTEIN; COTV PROTEIN; COTW PROTEIN; COTY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84935687120     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13030     Document Type: Article

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