The wprA gene of Bacillus subtilis 168, expressed during exponential growth, encodes a cell-wall-associated protease

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3437-3444

  Margot, Philippe ^a   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell wall bound proteins; Chaperones; Polypeptide processing; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0030444419     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3437     Document Type: Article

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