Article
An estimation of minimal genome size required for life.
FEBS letters - 10 Apr 1995
Itaya M
Abstract excerpt
The number of indispensable chromosomal loci for a bacterium, Bacillus subtilis was estimated. Seventy-nine randomly selected chromosomal loci were investigated by mutagenesis. Mutation at only six loci rendered B. subtilis unable to form colonies. In contrast, mutants for the rest of the 73 loci...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Base Sequence
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genome, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation