Identification of Several Unique, Low-molecular-weight Basic Proteins in Dormant Spores of Clastridium Bifermentans and Their Degradation During Spore Germination

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1976 Aug 1

PMID 956113

Citations 13

Authors

P Setlow

W M Waites

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Abstract

Two acid-soluble, low-molecular-weight basic proteins comprise approximately 20% of the protein in dormant spores of Clostridium bifermentans. Both of these proteins are rapidly degraded during spore germination.

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