Genes involved in SkfA killing factor production protect a Bacillus subtilis lipase against proteolysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1899-1908

  Westers, Helga ^a,b   Braun, Peter G ^a   Westers, Lidia ^a   Antelmann, Haike ^c   Hecker, Michael ^c   Jongbloed, Jan D H ^b   Yoshikawa, Hirofumi ^d   Tanaka, Teruo ^e   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a   Quax, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LIPASES; PROTEASE; PROTEOLYSIS;

BACTERIA;

ACID LIPASE;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 20244368232     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.1899-1908.2005     Document Type: Article

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