Compartmentalization of Gene Expression during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Is Compromised in Mutants Blocked at Stage III of Sporulation

摘要

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.