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SUBMITTER: Jiang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4950064 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiang Shuo S Wan Qiang Q Krajcikova Daniela D Tang Jilin J Tzokov Svetomir B SB Barak Imrich I Bullough Per A PA
Molecular microbiology 20150515 2
Bacterial spores (endospores), such as those of the pathogens Clostridium difficile and Bacillus anthracis, are uniquely stable cell forms, highly resistant to harsh environmental insults. Bacillus subtilis is the best studied spore-former and we have used it to address the question of how the spore coat is assembled from multiple components to form a robust, protective superstructure. B. subtilis coat proteins (CotY, CotE, CotV and CotW) expressed in Escherichia coli can arrange intracellularly ...[more]