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眠っている胞子には,予期せぬ目覚め声が鳴り響く

Peter Setlow1

  • 1Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA. setlow@nso2.uchc.edu

Cell
|November 6, 2008
PubMed
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栄養素やバクテリアの細胞壁の断片は,バチルスの胞子発芽を誘発する. 細胞壁の断片は,内膜タンパク質キナーゼと結合し,バチルス菌で発芽を開始します.

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