Evidence for a multimeric subtilin synthetase complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1475-1481

  Kiesau, Peter ^a   Eikmanns, Ulrich ^a   Gutowski Eckel, Zeynep ^a   Weber, Stephan ^a   Hammelmann, Mathias ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBTILIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031038568     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1475-1481.1997     Document Type: Article

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