Protein secretion and possible roles for multiple signal peptidases for precursor processing in Bacilli

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Bron, Sierd ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Tjalsma, Harold ^a   Holsappel, Siger ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cryptic plasmids; Gram positives; Host vector system; Secretion pathway; Signal peptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; SUBSTRATES;

GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA; PEPTIDASES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHORT SURVEY;

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344457370     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00099-6     Document Type: Review

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