Use of the pre-pro part of Staphylococcus hyicus lipase as a carrier for secretion of Escherichia coli outer membrane protein A (OmpA) prevents proteolytic degradation of OmpA by cell-associated protease(s) in two different gram-positive bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2814-2820

  Meens, Jochen ^a,b   Herbort, Markus ^a   Klein, Michael ^a   Freudl, Roland ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERNATANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS;

EID: 0030841644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2814-2820.1997     Document Type: Article

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