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The spo0A gene is implicated in the maintenance of non-complementing diploids in Bacillus subtilis.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 1992
Le Dérout J, Thaler D S, Guillén N, Hirschbein L
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus subtilis can exist in a diploid state in which two genetically distinct chromosomes co-exist in the same cell and yet only one of them is expressed, thereby determining the phenotype. Such cells are called non-complementing diploids (Ncds). In this study, two types of experiments are reported which indicate that a previously known pleiotropic gene, spo0A, plays a role in the maintaining the diploid...
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