Comparative genomic study of spo0E family genes and elucidation of the role of Spo0E in Bacillus anthracis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-253

  Dubey, Gyanendra P ^a   Narayan, Azeet ^a   Mattoo, Abid R ^a   Singh, Gajendra P ^a   Kurupati, Raj K ^a   Zaman, Mohd S ^a   Aggarwal, Anita ^a   Baweja, Renu B ^a   Basu Modak, Sharmila ^b   Singh, Yogendra ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Gene duplication; Ortholog; SMFP; Spo0E; Sporulation; Synteny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPORE SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS; SPORE-SPECIFIC PROTEINS, BACILLUS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPOOE GENE; SPOROGENESIS; SYNTENY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61549098664     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0446-7     Document Type: Article

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