Temporal expression of the Bacillus subtilis secA gene, encoding a central component of the preprotein translocase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 493-500

  Herbort, Markus ^a   Klein, Michael ^a   Manting, Erik H ^b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^b   Freudl, Roland ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032947597     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.493-500.1999     Document Type: Article

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