Proteolysis of SpoIVB is a critical determinant in signalling of Pro-σ(K) processing in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1336-1348

  Wakeley, Philip R ^a   Dorazi, Robert ^b   Hoa, Ngo Thi ^a   Bowyer, John R ^a   Cutting, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PEPTIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SIGMA K; SPOIV PROTEIN, BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034199342     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01946.x     Document Type: Article

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