Sequence analysis of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome region between the serA and kdg loci cloned in a yeast artificial chromosome

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2005-2016

  Sorokin, Alexei ^a   Azevedo, Vasco ^a,b   Zumstein, Emmanuelle ^a   Galleron, Nathalie ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Serror, Pascale ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis genome; Combinatorial PCR; Yeast artificial chromosomes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; CHROMOSOME; DATA BASE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029824741     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2005     Document Type: Article

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