Production and secretion stress caused by overexpression of heterologous α-amylase leads to inhibition of sporulation and a prolonged motile phase in Bacillus subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5354-5362

  Lulko, Andrzej T ^a   Veening, Jan Willem ^a   Buist, Girbe ^a,b   Smits, Wiep Klaas ^a   Blom, Evert Jan ^a   Beekman, Aaron C ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT STRESS; HIGH-LEVEL PROTEIN SECRETION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMYLASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; HEATING; SECRETION; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CITM GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLGB GENE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAG GENE; HTRA GENE; HTRB GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YKOJ GENE; YLOA GENE; YLXF GENE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548231707     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00472-07     Document Type: Article

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