Organization of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome between kdg and the attachment site of the SPβ prophage: Use of Long Accurate PCR and yeast artificial chromosomes for sequencing

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3005-3015

  Capuano, Véronique ^a   Galleron, Nathalie ^a   Pujic, Petar ^a   Sorokin, Alexei ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Genome sequencing; Long Accurate PCR; Yeast artificial chromosome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; EXONUCLEASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029854388     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3005     Document Type: Article

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