Two genes encoding serine protease homologues in Serratia marcescens and characterization of their products in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 902-913

  Ohnishi, Yasuo ^a   Beppu, Teruhiko ^a,b   Horinouchi, Sueharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; Outer membrane protein; Pro sequence; Protein secretion; Serratia serine protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GENE PRODUCT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030955804     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021672     Document Type: Article

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