Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2076-2090

  Westers, Helga ^a   Dorenbos, Ronald ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a   Kabel, Jorrit ^a   Flanagan, Tony ^b   Devine, Kevin M ^b   Jude, Florence ^c   Séror, Simone J ^c   Beekman, Aäron C ^d   Darmon, Elise ^d   Eschevins, Caroline ^d   De Jong, Anne ^d   Bron, Sierd ^d   Kuipers, Oscar P ^d   Albertini, Alessandra M ^e   Antelmann, Haike ^f   Hecker, Michael ^f   Zamboni, Nicola ^g   Sauer, Uwe ^g   Bruand, Claude ^h   Ehrlich, Dusko S ^h   Alonso, Juan C ⁱ   Salas, Margarita ^j   Quax, Wim J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Groningen Biomol Sci/Biotech I ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; PBSX; Prophage; Secretome; Skin; SP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347986769     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg219     Document Type: Article

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