The amino terminus of Bacillus subtilis TagB possesses separable localization and functional properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6816-6823

  Bhavsar, Amit P ^a,b   D'Elia, Michael A ^a   Sahakian, Tiffany D ^a   Brown, Eric D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN TAGB; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34948822309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00910-07     Document Type: Article

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