Effect of Bacillus subtilis spo0A mutation on cell wall lytic enzymes and extracellular proteases, and prevention of cell lysis

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Kodama, Takeko ^a,b   Endo, Keiji ^a   Ara, Katsutoshi ^a   Ozaki, Katsuya ^a   Kakeshita, Hiroshi ^a,c   Yamane, Kunio ^c   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^b  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

autolysins; Bacillus subtilis; extracellular proteases; spo0A

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; MUTAGENS;

AUTOLYSINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASES; MUTANTS;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33846818754     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.103.13     Document Type: Article

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