Bacillus subtilis can modulate its capacity and specificity for protein secretion through temporally controlled expression of the sipS gene for signal peptidase I

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-618

  Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Sorokin, Alexei ^b   Azevedo, Vasco ^c   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^b   Braun, Peter G ^a   De Jong, Anne ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 0029809574     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-4676.x     Document Type: Article

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