Molecular characterization of the operon comprising the spoIV gene of Bacillus megaterium DSM319 and generation of a deletion mutant

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 317-326

  Wittchen, Klaus Detlev ^a   Strey, Jan ^a   Bültmann, Andreas ^a   Reichenberg, Stefan ^a,b   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; SpoIV operon; Sporulation mutant; (E) promoter

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS;

EID: 0032448053     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.317     Document Type: Article

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