Regulation of a new cell wall hydrolase gene, cwlF, which affects cell separation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2549-2555

  Ishikawa, Shu ^a   Hara, Yoshiko ^a   Ohnishi, Ryo ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SEPARATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031978461     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2549-2555.1998     Document Type: Article

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