Identification of additional genes under the control of the transcription factor σ(F) of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5039-5041

  Decatur, Amy ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029742718     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5039-5041.1996     Document Type: Article

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