Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-579

  Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^a   Ishio, Izumi ^a   Nagakawa, Eishi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Mami ^a   Fujita, Yasutaro ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene expression; Gene inactivation; Genome; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034018764     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-573     Document Type: Article

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