The complete genome sequence of the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Kunst, F ^a   Ogasawara, N ^b   Moszer, I ^a   Albertini, A M ^c   Alloni, G ^c   Azevedo, V ^d   Bertero, M G ^a,c   Bessieres P ^d   Bolotin, A ^d   Borchert, S ^e   Borriss, R ^f   Boursier, L ^a   Brans, A ^g   Braun, M ^h   Brignell, S C ⁱ   Bron, S ^j   Brouillet, S ^a,k   Bruschi, C V ^l   Caldwell, B ^m   Capuano, V ^d   Carter, N M ⁱ   Choi, S K ⁿ   Codani, J J ^o   Connerton, I F ^p   Cummings, N J ^p   Daniel, R A ^q   Denizot, F ^r   Devine, K M ^s   Dusterhoft A ^h   Ehrlich, S D ^d   Emmerson, P T ⁱ   Entian, K D ^e   Errington, J ^q   Fabret, C ^r   Ferrari, E ^m   Foulger, D ^q   Fritz, C ^h   Fujita, M ^t   Fujita, Y ^u   Fuma, S ^v   Galizzi, A ^c   Galleron, N ^d   Ghim, S Y ⁿ   Glaser, P ^a   Goffeau, A ^w   Golightly, E J ^x   Grandi, G ^y   Guiseppi, G ^r   Guy, B J ⁱ   Haga, K ^z   Haiech, J ^r   Harwood, C R ⁱ   Henaut A ^aa   Hilbert, H ^h   Holsappel, S ^j   Hosono, S ^ab   Hullo, M F ^a   Itaya, M ^ac   Jones, L ^a   Joris, B ^g   Karamata, D ^ad   Kasahara, Y ^b   Klaerr Blanchard, M ^a   Klein, C ^e   Kobayashi, Y ^ab   Koetter, P ^e   Koningstein, G ^ae   Krogh, S ^s   Kumano, M ^v   Kurita, K ^v   Lapidus, A ^d   Lardinois, S ^g   Lauber, J ^h   Lazarevic, V ^ad   Lee, S M ^af   Levine, A ^ag   Liu, H ^z   Masuda, S ^ab   Mauel C ^ad   Medigue C ^a,k   Medina, N ^ag   Mellado, R P ^ah   Mizuno, M ^ab   Moestl, D ^h   Nakai, S ^b   Noback, M ^j   Noone, D ^s   O'Reilly, M ^s   Ogawa, K ^v   Ogiwara, A ^ai   Oudega, B ^ae   Park, S H ⁿ   Parro, V ^ah   Pohl, T M ^aj   Portetelle, D ^g   Porwollik, S ^f   Prescott, A M ^q   Presecan, E ^a   Pujic, P ^d   Purnelle, B ^w   Rapoport, G ^a   Rey, M ^x   Reynolds, S ^ad   Rieger, M ^ak   Rivolta, C ^ad   Rocha, E ^a,k   Roche, B ^ag   Rose, M ^e   Sadaie, Y ^t   Sato, T ^ab   Scanlan, E ^s   Schleich, S ^a   Schroeter, R ^f   Scoffone, F ^c   Sekiguchi, J ^al   Sekowska, A ^a   Seror, S J ^ag   Serror, P ^d   Shin, B S ⁿ   Soldo, B ^ad   Sorokin, A ^d   Tacconi, E ^c   Takagi, T ^z   Takahashi, H ^z   Takemaru, K ^ab   Takeuchi, M ^ab   Tamakoshi, A ^v   Tanaka, T ^am   Terpstra, P ^j   Tognoni, A ^y   Tosato, V ^l   Uchiyama, S ^al   Vandenbol, M ^g   Vannier, F ^ag   Vassarotti, A ^an   Viari, A ^k   Wambutt, R ^ao   Wedler, E ^ao   Wedler, H ^ao   Weitzenegger, T ^aj   Winters, P ^m   Wipat, A ⁱ   Yamamoto, H ^al   Yamane, K ^v   Yasumoto, K ^z   Yata, K ^t   Yoshida, K ^u   Yoshikawa, H F ^z   Zumstein, E ^d   Yoshikawa, H ^b   Danchin, A ^a   more..

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^l INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^m GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

ⁿ Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^o INRIA   (France)

^p INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r CNRS   (France)

^s TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^u FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^w UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^x NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^y Eniricerche SpA   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^aa LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^ab TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^ac MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^ad Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^ae VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^af Chongju University College of Science and Engineering   (South Korea)

^ag UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^ah UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^ai NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^aj Gesellschaft für Analyse Technik und Consulting mbH   (Germany)

^ak Biotech Research   (Germany)

^al SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^am TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^an EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^ao AGOWA GmbH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, ORGANISM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030731108     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36786     Document Type: Article

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