Analysis of suppressor mutations of spoIVCA mutations: Occurrence of DNA rearrangement in the absence of a site-specific DNA recombinase spoIVCA in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3380-3383

  Sato, Tsutomu ^a   Harada, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030012471     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3380-3383.1996     Document Type: Article

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