Teichuronic acid operon of Bacillus subtilis 168

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 795-805

  Soldo, Blazenka ^a   Lazarevic, Vladimir ^a   Pagni, Marco ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; TEICHOIC ACID; URONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL WALL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIC ACIDS; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; URONIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032929191     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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