Expression of yeast mitochondrial aconitase in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6406-6410

  Serio, Alisa W ^a,b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33749013286     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00248-06     Document Type: Article

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