Compartmentalization of gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis is compromised in mutants blocked at stage III of sporulation

Zusheng Li; Francis Di Donato; Patrick J Piggot

doi:10.1128/JB.186.7.2221-2223.2003

Compartmentalization of gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis is compromised in mutants blocked at stage III of sporulation

J Bacteriol. 2004 Apr;186(7):2221-3. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.7.2221-2223.2003.

Authors

Zusheng Li¹, Francis Di Donato, Patrick J Piggot

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.

Abstract

Mutations in the spoIIIA and spoIIIJ loci disrupt the compartmentalization of gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. The breakdown in compartmentalization is not the cause of their being blocked in spore formation. Rather, it appears to be a consequence of the engulfed prespore's being unstable.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Bacillus subtilis / genetics
Bacillus subtilis / metabolism
Bacillus subtilis / physiology*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
Cell Compartmentation*
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial*
Genotype
Mutation
Spores, Bacterial / physiology

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
spore-specific proteins, Bacillus

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Substances

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