Forespore-specific expression of Bacillus subtilis yqfS, which encodes type IV apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, a component of the base excision repair pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 340-348

  Urtiz Estrada, Norma ^a   Salas Pacheco, José M ^a   Yasbin, Ronald E ^b   Pedraza Reyes, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDONUCLEASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOMYCIN C; PARAQUAT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGMA FACTOR; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037216802     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.340-348.2003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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