A gene encoding alanine racemase is involved in spore germination in Bacillus thuringiensis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Yan, Xiaohua ^a,b   Gai, Yuling ^a,b   Liang, Liang ^a,b   Liu, Gang ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AlrA; Bacillus thuringiensis; Spore's germination

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ALANINE; INOSINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI;

EID: 34247143291     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0201-x     Document Type: Article

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