Multiple paralogous genes related to the Streptomyces coelicolor developmental regulatory gene whiB are present in Streptomyces and other actinomycetes

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-343

  Soliveri, J A ^a,c   Gomez, J ^b,d   Bishai, W R ^b   Chater, K F ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Leprosy; Prokaryotic phylogeny; Sporulation in Streptomyces; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0033983745     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-333     Document Type: Article

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