Organization and evolution of the cotG and cotH genes of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6664-6673

  Giglio, Rosa ^a   Fani, Renato ^b   Isticato, Rachele ^a   De Felice, Maurilio ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; FUSION GENE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GEOBACILLUS; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COTG PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COTH PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84855400937     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06121-11     Document Type: Article

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