A complex four-gene operon containing essential cell division gene pbpB in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2343-2350

  Daniel, Richard A ^a   Williams, Annette M ^a   Errington, Jeffery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030009759     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2343-2350.1996     Document Type: Article

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