Identification and characterization of a germination operon from Bacillus thuringiensis

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Gai, Yuling ^a,b   Liu, Gang ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; CwlJ; Expression; Germination; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; INOSINE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646738858     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-005-9026-x     Document Type: Article

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