Exchange of precursor-specific elements between pro-σE and pro-σK of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 546-549

  Carlson, Helene C ^a   Lu, Sijie ^b,c   Kroos, Lee ^b   Haldenwang, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030054022     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.546-549.1996     Document Type: Article

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