Bacillus subtilis RNase III gene: Cloning, function of the gene in Escherichia coli, and construction of Bacillus subtilis strains with altered rnc loci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7379-7385

  Wang, Wei ^a   Bechhofer, David H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030690925     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7379-7385.1997     Document Type: Article

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