title: Protein Synthesis during Germination: Shedding New Light on a Classical Question.
abstract: Despite over a century of research into the mystery of bacterial spore dormancy and germination, a key question remains unresolved: is protein synthesis required for germination? The development of more sophisticated techniques for assessing and preventing protein synthesis has renewed interest in this long-standing question in recent years. In this issue, Korza et al. (G. Korza, B. Setlow, L. Rao, Q. Li, and P. Setlow, J. Bacteriol 198:3254-3264, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00583-16) address this with a novel approach. We discuss their results in the context of recently published data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boone
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA adriks@luc.edu.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Driks
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins