Cloning and expression of two autolysin genes, cwlU and cwlV, which are tandemly arranged on the chromosome of Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 738-748

  Ishikawa, S ^a   Kawahara, S ^b   Sekiguchi, J ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus; Cell wall hydrolase gene; N acetylmuramoyl L alanine amidase; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; CISTRON; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; POLYMYXA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033401327     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051136     Document Type: Article

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