Functional identification of the product of the Bacillus subtilis yvaL gene as a SecG homologue

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1786-1792

  Van Wely, Karel H M ^a   Swaving, Jelto ^a   Broekhuizen, Cees P ^b   Rose, Matthias ^a   Quax, Wim J ^c   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA LACTAMASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLD SENSITIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032992213     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1786-1792.1999     Document Type: Article

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