Bottlenecks in the expression and secretion of heterologous proteins in Bacillus subtilis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Li, Weifen ^a   Zhou, Xuxia ^a   Lu, Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Protein folding; Proteolysis; Transcription; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 4544240395     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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