Subcellular localization of a germiantion-specific cortex-lytic enzyme, SleB, of Bacilli during sporulation

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Masayama, Atsushi ^a   Fukuoka, Hideyuki ^a   Kato, Shiro ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Moriyama, Michie ^b   Moriyama, Ryuichi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUSEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial spore; Germination enzyme; Peptidoglycan binding motif; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; MURAMIC DELTA LACTAM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SLEB ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT; WILD TYPE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33747187232     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.163     Document Type: Article

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