Optimization of protein secretion by Bacillus subtilis

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Nijland, Reindert ^a,b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Extracellular proteases; Heterologous proteins; Patents; Protein production; SecA; Secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY;

B.SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; OPTIMISATIONS; PATENT; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SECA; SECRETION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRSA; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL WALL; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 55849145907     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220808784619694     Document Type: Review

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