The dnaK operon of Bacillus subtilis is heptacistronic

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1153-1164

  Homuth, Georg ^a   Masuda, Shoko ^b   Mogk, Axel ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^b   Schumann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL VIABILITY; CISTRON; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RNA PROBE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031046035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1153-1164.1997     Document Type: Article

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