Cloning and sequencing of a 35.7 kb in the 70°-73°region of the Bacillus subtilis genome reveal genes for a new two-component system, three spore germination proteins, an iron uptake system and a general stress response protein

Gene

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Uchiyama, Shigeki ^a   Nugroho, Fajar Aji ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome sequencing; ger Gene homologues; Sensor and regulator proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CITRATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030803573     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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