Protein catabolism in growing Bacillus megaterium during adaptation to salt stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-177

  Nekolny, David ^a   Chaloupka, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Growth adaptation; NaCl stress shock; Osmotic stress shock; Protein turnover; Proteolytic activity; Salt stress shock

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 0034653286     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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