The plasmid-encoded signal peptidase sipP can functionally replace the major signal peptidases sipS and sipT of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2448-2454

  Tjalsma, Harold ^a   Van Den Dolder, Juliëtte ^a   Meijer, Wilfried J J ^a,b   Venema, Gerard ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032909020     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2448-2454.1999     Document Type: Article

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