Open AccessThe Bacillus subtilis spoIIA locus is expressed at two times during sporulation
Author(s) -
Lencastre Herminia,
Piggot Patrick J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02979.x
Subject(s) - bacillus subtilis , spore , microbiology and biotechnology , locus (genetics) , biology , bacillales , genetics , bacteria , gene
The Bacillus subtilis spoIIA and spoIIAB genes were fused to the Escherichia coli lacZ gene on a novel integrational plasmid vector. The constructs were integrated into the B. subtilis chromosome, and used to show that the spoIIA locus was expressed at two times during sporulation.