Identification of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum degP gene as part of an operon containing small heat-shock protein genes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Narberhaus, Franz ^a   Weiglhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a   Hennecke, Hauke ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; degP; Heat shock; HtrA; Mutants; Periplasmic serine protease; Small heat shock protein

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031911684     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050547     Document Type: Article

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