The phage-like element PBSX and part of the skin element, which are resident at different locations on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome, are highly homologous

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2031-2040

  Krogh, Susanne ^a   O'Reilly, Mary ^a   Nolan, Niamh ^a   Devine, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Expression of skin operons; High level of similarity; PBSX; skin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029842597     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2031     Document Type: Article

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