Two-step secretion of the Serratia marcescens extracellular nuclease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3771-3778

  Suh, Yousin ^a,b   Jin, Shida ^a,c   Ball, Timothy K ^a,d   Benedik, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Megan Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; NUCLEASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0029920283     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3771-3778.1996     Document Type: Article

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