Nucleotide sequence and gene organization of the gerK spore germination locus of Bacillus subtilis 168

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-153

  Irie, Ryozaburo ^a   Fujita, Yasuhito ^a   Kobayashi, Miho ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE ORDER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029983995     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.42.141     Document Type: Article

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