Two cistrons of the gerC operon of Bacillus subtilis encode the two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1417-1419

  Zhang, Yuan Wei ^a   Koyama, Tanetoshi ^a   Ogura, Kyozo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENAQUINONE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CISTRON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031046036     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1417-1419.1997     Document Type: Article

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