In vivo and in vitro function of the intracellular proteolytic apparatus in nongrowing Bacillus megaterium under heat stress

Current Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-91

  Kučerová, Helena ^a   Váchová, Libuše ^a   Strnadová, Marie ^a   Votruba, Jaroslav ^a   Chaloupka, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 0344097382     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900408     Document Type: Article

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