A new D,L-endopeptidase gene product, YojL (renamed CwlS), plays a role in cell separation with LytE and LytF in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5541-5550

  Fukushima, Tatsuya ^a   Afkham, Anahita ^a   Kurosawa, Shin Ichirou ^a   Tanabe, Taichi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEXTRO GAMMA GLUTAMYL MESO DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; HYDROLASE; PROTEIN CWLS; PROTEIN LYTE; PROTEIN LYTF; PROTEIN YOJL; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CWLS GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746648727     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00188-06     Document Type: Article

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