Characterization of ylbF, a new gene involved in competence development and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1110-1119

  Tortosa, Pablo ^a   Albano, Mark ^a   Dubnau, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0034011219     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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