Ecs, an ABC transporter of Bacillus subtilis: Dual signal transduction functions affecting expression of secreted proteins as well as their secretion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-543

  Leskelä, Soile ^a   Wahlström, Eva ^a   Hyyryläinen, Hanne Leen ^a   Jacobs, Myra ^b   Palva, Airi ^c,d   Sarvas, Matti ^a   Kontinen, Vesa P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032956990     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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