A complex path for domestication of B. subtilis sociality

Current Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-496

  Pollak, Shaul ^a   Omer Bendori, Shira ^a   Eldar, Avigdor ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biofilm; Domestication; Evolution; Peptide signaling; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPO0A PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; DOMESTICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASMID;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84944511790     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0479-9     Document Type: Article

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