Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-586

  Piggot, Patrick J ^a   Hilbert, David W ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; RAP PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULON; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 8844286124     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.10.001     Document Type: Review

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