Sequencing and functional annotation of the Bacillus subtilis genes in the 200 kb rrnB-dnaB region

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3431-3441

  Lapidus, Alla ^a   Galleron, Nathalie ^a   Sorokin, Alexei ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis genome sequencing; Long Accurate PCR; Yeast artificial chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030690274     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-11-3431     Document Type: Article

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