Genetic and transcriptional organization of the Bacillus subtilis spc-α region

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Suh, Too Won ^a,b   Boylan, Sharon A ^a,c   Oh, Se Hoon ^b   Price, Chester W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Unit 2   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylate kinase; Initiation factor 1; Methionine aminopeptidase; Ribosomal protein; RNA polymerase; SecY; Spectinomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0343337627     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00757-1     Document Type: Article

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