Transcriptional, functional and cytochemical analyses of the veg gene in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Fukushima, Tatsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Shu ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Germination mutation; GFP; Spore coat protein; Veg gene

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALANINE; CHLOROFORM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; FUSION GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE VEG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; HEAT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXOSAMINES; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; PICOLINIC ACIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0038245212     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvg062     Document Type: Article

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