Evaluation of bottlenecks in the late stages of protein secretion in Bacillus subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2934-2941

  Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Tjalsma, Harold ^a   Smith, Hilde E ^a,b   De Jong, Anne ^a   Meima, Rob ^a,c   Venema, Gerard ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DISULFIDE BOND; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032975058     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.2934-2941.1999     Document Type: Article

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