1 Proteins involved in formation of the outermost layer of Bacillus subtilis spores 1 2
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Proteins involved in formation of the outermost layer of Bacillus subtilis spores 1 2 Daisuke Imamura, Ritsuko Kuwana, Hiromu Takamatsu, and Kazuhito Watabe 3 4 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan 5 6 7 8 9 Running title: Outermost layer of the B. subtilis spore 10 11 12 13 14 15 * Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan 16 University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan. Phone and fax: 81 (72) 866-3114. E-mail: 17 [email protected]. 18 19 20 Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.05310-11 JB Accepts, published online ahead of print on 10 June 2011
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