A new IS4 family insertion sequence, IS4Bsu1, responsible for genetic instability of poly-γ-glutamic acid production in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2387-2392

  Nagai, Toshiro ^a,b   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^b   Inatsu, Yasuhiro ^b   Itoh, Yoshifumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; TRANSFERASES; TRANSPOSASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLYCINE MAX; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034000686     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2387-2392.2000     Document Type: Article

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