A Bacillus subtilis secreted protein with a role in endospore coat assembly and function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3632-3643

  Serrano, Mónica ^a,b   Zilhao, Rita ^b   Ricca, Ezio ^c   Ozin, Amanda J ^d   Moran Jr , Charles P ^d   Henriques, Adriano O ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033046044     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3632-3643.1999     Document Type: Article

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