Identification of subtilisin, Epr and Vpr as enzymes that produce CSF, an extracellular signalling peptide of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1321-1333

  Lanigan Gerdes, Sara ^a   Dooley, Alek N ^a,b   Faull, Kym F ^a,b   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPR ENZYME; PENTAPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPR ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOASSAY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBTILISIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547879263     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05869.x     Document Type: Article

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