Search for additional replication terminators in the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3358-3361

  Griffiths, A A ^a   Wake, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; DNA PROBE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030946849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3358-3361.1997     Document Type: Article

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