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Flexibility of the programme of spore coat formation in Bacillus subtilis: bypass of CotE requirement by over-production of CotH.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Isticato Rachele, Sirec Teja, Giglio Rosa, Baccigalupi Loredana, Rusciano Giulia, Pesce Giuseppe, Zito Gianluigi, Sasso Antonio, De Felice Maurilio, Ricca Ezio
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial spores are surrounded by the coat, a multilayered shell that contributes in protecting the genome during stress conditions. In Bacillus subtilis, the model organism for spore formers, the coat is composed by about seventy different proteins, organized into four layers by the action of several regulatory proteins. A major component of this regulatory network, CotE, is needed to assemble the outer coat...
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