Genome biology of a model bacterium, Bacillus subtilis

International Congress Series

Volumn 1246, Issue C, 2002, Pages 15-25

  Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Essential genes for bacterial growth; Gene array; Gene expression; Gene inactivation; Genome analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544311971     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)01126-3     Document Type: Article

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