CRISSCROSS REGULATION OF CELL-TYPE-SPECIFIC GENE-EXPRESSION DURING DEVELOPMENT IN BACILLUS-SUBTILIS

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作者
LOSICK, R [1 ]
STRAGIER, P [1 ]
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[1] INST BIOL PHYSICOCHEM,F-75005 PARIS,FRANCE
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10.1038/355601a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is a model for how cells of one type generate other differentiated cell types. During sporulation two cellular compartments arise that differ from each other and from the progenitor cell. Differential gene expression between the two is governed by the successive appearance of four transcription factors whose activities are coordinated in crisscross fashion between the two cells.
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