title: Compartmentalization of gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis is compromised in mutants blocked at stage III of sporulation.
abstract: Mutations in the spoIIIA and spoIIIJ loci disrupt the compartmentalization of gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. The breakdown in compartmentalization is not the cause of their being blocked in spore formation. Rather, it appears to be a consequence of the engulfed prespore's being unstable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
authors.forename: Zusheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Piggot
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D009154:Mutation; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus