The direct interaction between two morphogenetic proteins is essential for spore coat formation in Bacillus subtilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Isticato, Rachele ^a   Sirec, Teja ^a,c   Vecchione, Stefano ^a,d   Crispino, Anna ^a   Saggese, Anella ^a   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^a   Notomista, Eugenio ^a   Driks, Adam ^b   Ricca, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COTE PROTEIN; COTH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COTE PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COTH PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84949254696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141040     Document Type: Article

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