The CssRS two-component regulatory system controls a general secretion stress response in Bacillus subtilis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3816-3827

  Westers, Helga ^a,b   Westers, Lidia ^a   Darmon, Elise ^b,c   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a,d   Quax, Wim J ^a   Zanen, Geeske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amylase; Human interleukin 3; Lipase A; Signal peptide; WB800

Indexed keywords

ACID LIPASE; AMYLASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 3; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME RELEASE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-3; LIPASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; UP-REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33746675641     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05389.x     Document Type: Article

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