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. 1992 Dec 1;122(1):181-5.
doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(92)90047-s.

Cloning of a gene from Bacillus cereus with homology to the mreB gene from Escherichia coli

A Narahara  1 , K Naterstad, T Kristensen, R Lopez, P Bork, A B Kolstø
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Cloning of a gene from Bacillus cereus with homology to the mreB gene from Escherichia coli

A Narahara et al. Gene. .

Abstract

We have cloned and sequenced a gene coding for a putative shape-determining protein (MreB) highly homologous to the mreB gene product of Escherichia coli. The amino acid (aa) identity was 53% and the similarity 72%. The gene is expressed early in the logarithmic phase. The aa sequence comparison showed that the protein, like the E. coli MreB, has structural similarity to actin and heat-shock protein Hsc70 encoded by a new super-gene family.

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