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

Authors
IRIE R FUJITA Y OKAMOTO T
Citation
R. Irie et al., CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF THE GERK SPORE GERMINATION GENE OF BACILLUS-SUBTILIS-168, Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 39(5), 1993, pp. 453-465
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of General and Applied Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221260
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
453 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1260(1993)39:5<453:CASOTG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
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 oper on. Neither promoter-like nor terminator-like sequence was found sugge sting that the gerK also may be a constituent of an operon.