The Bacillus subtilis chromosome region near 78° contains the genes encoding a new two-component system, three ABC transporters and a lipase

Gene

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Uchiyama, Shigeki ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Bacillus subtilis; Genome analysis; Lipase; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0030605232     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00495-7     Document Type: Article

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