Identification, sequence analysis, and expression of the lepB gene for a leader peptidase in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 666-673

  Klug, G ^a   Jager A ^a   Heck, C ^a   Rauhut, R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial leader peptidase; lacZ fusions; Promoter region; Rhodobacter capsulatus; Sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0030988928     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050370     Document Type: Article

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