Genetic Evidence for Signal Transduction within the Bacillus subtilis GerA Germinant Receptor.

Abstract excerpt

Bacterial spores can rapidly exit dormancy through the process of germination. This process begins with the activation of nutrient receptors embedded in the spore membrane. The prototypical germinant receptor in Bacillus subtilis responds to l-alanine and is thought to be a complex of proteins encoded by the genes in the gerA operon: gerAA, gerAB, and gerAC. The GerAB subunit has recently been shown to function...

Topics

• Alanine
• Alleles
• Bacillus subtilis
• Bacterial Proteins
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Membrane Proteins
• Mutation
• Operon
• Signal Transduction
• Spores, Bacterial