Inactivation of ribosomal protein genes in Bacillus subtilis: importance

Genki Akanuma, Hideaki Nanamiya,† Yousuke Natori,‡ Koichi Yano, Shota Suzuki, 7 Shuya Omata, Morio Ishizuka, Yasuhiko Sekine, 1 and Fujio Kawamura* 8 9 10 Department of Life Science and Research Center for Life Science, College of Science, 11 Rikkyo University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan. 12 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 13 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan. 14 15 * Corresponding author. 16 Phone & Fax: 81-3-3985-2401 E-mail: kawamura@rikkyo.ac.jp, 17 18 Present address. 19 Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The 20 University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan 21 Biological Science Laboratories, Kao Corporation, 2606 Akabane, Ichikai, Haga, 22 Tochigi 321-3497, Japan 23 24 25