Isolation of RNase H genes that are essential for growth of Bacillus subtilis 168

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2118-2123

  Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^a   Omori, Akira ^a   Kanaya, Shigenori ^b   Crouch, Robert J ^c   Tanaka, Teruo ^a,d   Kondo, Kanae ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032912813     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2118-2123.1999     Document Type: Article

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