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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 131-148Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00310.x
Keywords
sporulation; Bacillus subtilis; chromosome translocation; protein localization; spore coat; peptidoglycan
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- NIH [R01GM081368-04]
- Irma T. Hirschl Scholar Award
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM081368] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis can initiate the process of sporulation under conditions of nutrient limitation. Here, we review some of the last 5 years of work in this area, with a particular focus on the decision to initiate sporulation, DNA translocation, cellcell communication, protein localization and spore morphogenesis. The progress we describe has implications not only just for the study of sporulation but also for other biological systems where homologs of sporulation-specific proteins are involved in vegetative growth.
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