Anionic polymers of Bacillus subtilis cell wall modulate the folding rate of secreted proteins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Chambert, R ^a   Petit Glatron, M F ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Bacillus subtilis; Cell wall translocation; Levansucrase; Protein folding; Teichoic acid

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM; LEVANSUCRASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032844039     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00389-4     Document Type: Article

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