Characterization and comparative study of the rrn operons of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-214

  Nakasone, Kaoru ^a   Masui, Noriaki ^a   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Sasaki, Rumie ^a   Maeno, Go ^a   Sakiyama, Tokuki ^a   Hirama, Chie ^a   Fuji, Fumie ^a   Takami, Hideto ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C 125; Genome analysis; PFGE; rrn operons

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I CEUI; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I-CEUI; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALKALIES; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RRNA OPERON;

EID: 0034243178     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00010713     Document Type: Article

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