Localization of the Vegetative Cell Wall Hydrolases LytC, LytE, and LytF on the Bacillus subtilis Cell Surface and Stability of These Enzymes to Cell Wall-Bound or Extracellular Proteases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6666-6677

  Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Kurosawa, Shin Ichirou ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; LYTC PROTEIN; LYTE PROTEIN; LYTF PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242575014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6666-6677.2003     Document Type: Article

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