Use of alkaline phosphatase as a reporter polypeptide to study the role of the subtilin leader segment and the SpaT transporter in the posttranslational modifications and secretion of subtilin in Bacillus subtilis 168

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3965-3971

  Izaguirre, Gonzalo ^a   Hansen, J Norman ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; POLYPEPTIDE; SUBTILIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030845959     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3965-3971.1997     Document Type: Article

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