The Bacilus subtilis genome from gerBC (311°) to licR (334°)

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3313-3328

  Presecan, E ^a   Moszer, I ^a   Boursier, L ^a   Cruz Ramos, H ^a   De La Fuente, V ^a   Hullo, M F ^a   Lelong, C ^a   Schleich, S ^a   Sekowska, A ^a   Song, B H ^a,b   Villani, G ^a   Kunst, F ^a   Danchin, A ^a   Glaser, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Res Inst for Phys Educ Sport S Kyung Pook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Genome sequencing; Intergenic repeated element; Orthologues paralogues; Spore coat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030815738     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3313     Document Type: Article

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