Membrane topology analysis of the Bacillus subtilis BofA protein involved in pro-σ(K) processing

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1053-1058

  Varcamonti, Mario ^a   Marasco, Rosangela ^b   De Felice, Maurilio ^c   Sacco, Margherita ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene fusion; Mutagenesis; Pro (K) processing; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0030989334     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1053     Document Type: Article

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