Construction of Bacillus subtilis strains carrying the transcriptional bgaB fusion with the promoter region of each rrn operon and their differential transcription during spore development

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Koga, Keiko ^a   Ikegami, Akihiko ^b,c   Nakasone, Kaoru ^b,d   Murayama, Rikinori ^a   Akanuma, Genki ^a   Natori, Yousuke ^a   Nanamiya, Hideaki ^a   Kawamura, Fujio ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; rRNA operon; Sporulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, RRNA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33745207779     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.52.119     Document Type: Article

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