Identification and characterization of the dif site from Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1058-1068

  Sciochetti, S A ^a   Piggot, P J ^a   Blakely, G W ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0035152883     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.3.1058-1068.2001     Document Type: Article

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