Chromosomal inactivation of Bacillus subtilis exfusants: A prokaryotic model of epigenetic regulation

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Grandjean, Valérie ^a,b   Hauck, Yolande ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^a   Le Hégarat, Françoise ^a   Hirschbein, Luisa ^a  

^a Centre d'Orsay   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chromatin like structure; Diploid; NAPs; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Spo0A

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPLOIDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTOPLAST; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PURINES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031971401     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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