Isolation and characterization of a sporulation initiation mutation in the Bacillus subtilis secA gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 544-547

  Asai, Kei ^a,c   Kawamura, Fujio ^a,d   Sadaie, Yoshito ^b   Takahashi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0031015212     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.2.544-547.1997     Document Type: Article

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