Cellular lysis in Bacillus subtilis; the affect of multiple extracellular protease deficiencies

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Stephenson, Keith ^a   Bron, S ^b   Harwood, C R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AUTOLYTIC ACTIVITY; B.SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULARS; DEGRADATIVE ENZYMES; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; PROPERTY; STATIONARY PHASE;

BACTERIOLOGY;

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032829727     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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