Subspecies-specific distribution of intervening sequences in the Bacillus subtilis prophage ribonucleotide reductase genes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Stankovic, Slavisa ^a   Soldo, Blazenka ^b   Beric Bjedov, Tanja ^a   Knezevic Vukcevic, Jelena ^a   Simic, Draga ^a   Lazarevic, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii; Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis; Group I introns; Intron distribution; Prophage; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; INTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPIZIZENII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BNRDE GENE; BNRDF GENE; CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTRON; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SCREENING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SPIZIZENII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33845866077     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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