Unmasking novel sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 8089-8095

  Silvaggi, Jessica M ^a   Popham, David L ^b   Driks, Adam ^c   Eichenberger, Patrick ^a,d   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID; MURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIGMA E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TIME; WILD TYPE; YBAN GENE; YTRH GENE; YTRHI GENE; YTRI GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 9244240289     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.8089-8095.2004     Document Type: Article

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