A new Bacillus subtilis gene with homology to escherichia coli prc

Gene

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Marasco, Rosangela ^a   Varcamonti, Mario ^b   Ricca, Ezio ^c   Sacco, Margherita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CtpA gene; PBP proteins; Proteases; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030457816     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00543-4     Document Type: Article

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