The dsbB gene product is required for protease production by Burkholderia cepacia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4378-4380

  Abe, Mitsuko ^a   Nakazawa, Teruko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029797593     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4378-4380.1996     Document Type: Article

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