The dnaB-pheA (256°-240°) region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome containing genes responsible for stress responses, the utilization of plant cell walls and primary metabolism

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3067-3078

  Wipat, Anil ^a   Carter, Noel ^a   Brignell, S Caroline ^a   Guy, B Jane ^a   Piper, Karen ^a   Sanders, June ^a   Emmerson, Peter T ^a   Harwood, Colin R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Genome sequencing; Long Range PCR; Polysaccharide utilization; Stress genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; DNA METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; STOP CODON; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029855793     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-11-3067     Document Type: Article

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