CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF THE GERK SPORE GERMINATION GENE OF BACILLUS-SUBTILIS-168

被引:8
作者
IRIE, R
FUJITA, Y
OKAMOTO, T
机构
[1] National Institute of Animal Industry, Tsukuba Norindanchi, 5
[2] Hokkaido National Agricultural Experiment Station, Toyohira-ku
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10.2323/jgam.39.453
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A Bacillus subtilis germination gene gerK that is essential for spore's response to glucose has been cloned and sequenced. An ORF was found encoding a polypeptide comprising 407 amino acids that is considerably homologous with the product of gerAC, the third gene of the gerA operon. Neither promoter-like nor terminator-like sequence was found suggesting that the gerK also may be a constituent of an operon.
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