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Bacterial differentiation: sizing up sporulation
1Department of Developmental Biology, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305-5427, USA.
Current Biology : CB
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
New results on Bacillus subtilis sporulation suggest that size differences between the post-septation compartments trigger differential gene expression, which is then coordinated by communication between the nascent mother cell and forespore compartments.