Analysis of spore cortex lytic enzymes and related proteins in Bacillus subtilis endoscope germination

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2383-2392

  Chirakkal, Haridasan ^a   O'Rourke, Michele ^a   Atrih, Abdelmadjid ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a   Moir, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germination specific cortex lytic enzymes; yaaH; ypeB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIMERASE; HYDROLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; AMIDASE; SLEB PROTEIN, BACILLUS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPORE GERMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036667425     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-8-2383     Document Type: Article

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