Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the spoIIA operon from diverse Bacillus and Paenibacillus species

Gene

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Park, Sung Goo ^a,b   Yudkin, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PCR; Sequence analysis; SpoIIAA; SpoIIAB; SpoIIAC

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; POLYMYXA;

EID: 0030794685     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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