Enhancement of secretion and extracellular stability of staphylokinase in Bacillus subtilis by wprA gene disruption

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 476-480

  Lee, Sang Jun ^a   Kim, Dong Min ^a   Bae, Kwang Hee ^a   Byun, Si Myung ^a,b   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Res Ctr New Biomaterials in Agric   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STAPHYLOKINASE; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STABILITY; FUSION GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0001274582     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.476-480.2000     Document Type: Article

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