A novel sporulation-control gene (spo0M) of Bacillus subtilis with a σ(H)-regulated promoter

Gene

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Han, Weon Dong ^a   Kawamoto, Shinichi ^a   Hosoya, Yoshiko ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^b   Sadaie, Yoshito ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^c   Ohashi, Yoshiaki ^d   Kawamura, Fujio ^d   Ochi, Kozo ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Gene cloning; Gene disruption; Gene propagation

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032517126     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00378-3     Document Type: Article

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