Characterization of the replication region of plasmid pLS32 from the Natto strain of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4315-4326

  Tanaka, Teruo ^a   Ishida, Hirofumi ^a   Maehara, Tomoko ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; ISOPROPYL 1 THIO BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; PROTEIN REPN; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ALANINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICON; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 21144437780     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4315-4326.2005     Document Type: Article

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