Moonlighting role of a poly-γ-glutamate synthetase component from Bacillus subtilis: insight into novel extrachromosomal DNA maintenance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2796-2798

  Yamashiro, Daisuke ^a   Minouchi, Yutaka ^b   Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; MAINTENANCE; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; VIRUSES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPLICON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79955579630     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02649-10     Document Type: Article

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