Characterization of Bacillus subtilis mutants resistant to cold shock- induced autolysis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Yamanaka, Koichi ^a   Araki, Jun ^b   Takano, Mitsuo ^b   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Bacillus subtilis; Cold shock lysis; sigD expression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; COLD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030994622     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00130-4     Document Type: Article

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