A Mystery Unraveled: Essentiality of RNase III in Bacillus subtilis Is Caused by Resident Prophages

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Commichau, Fabian M ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEASE P;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; TXPA GENE; YONT GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROPHAGES; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84872020199     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003199     Document Type: Article

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