The 172 kb prkA-addAB region from 83°to 97°of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome contains several dysfunctional genes, the glyB marker, many genes encoding transporter proteins, and the ubiquitous hit gene

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 859-875

  Noback, Michiel A ^a   Holsappel, Siger ^a   Kiewiet, Rense ^a   Terpstra, Peter ^a   Wambutt, Rolf ^b   Wedler, Holger ^b   Venema, Gerard ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AGON   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Functional genomics; Genome sequencing; Paralogous genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031967695     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-859     Document Type: Article

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