A novel spore peptidoglycan hydrolase of Bacillus cereus: Biochemical characterization and nucleotide sequence of the corresponding gene, sleL

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1499-1506

  Chen, Yinghua ^a   Fukuoka, Satoshi ^b   Making, Shio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIST Shikoku   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034050364     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1499-1506.2000     Document Type: Article

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