The Bacillus subtilis yaaH gene is transcribed by SigE RNA polymerase during sporulation, and its product is involved in germination of spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4584-4591

  Kodama, Takeko ^a   Takamatsu, Hiromu ^a   Asai, Kei ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Watabe, Kazuhito ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CHLOROFORM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRUCTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; LYSOZYME; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; HEAT TOLERANCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SIGE;

EID: 0032793688     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4584-4591.1999     Document Type: Article

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