SpoIVB-mediated cleavage of SpoIVFA could provide the intercellular signal to activate processing of pro-σK in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1425-1434

  Dong, Tran C ^a   Cutting, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN BOFA; PROTEIN SPOIVB; PROTEIN SPOIVFA; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141677809     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03651.x     Document Type: Article

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