Characterization of the proteins encoded by the Bacillus subtilis yoxA-dacC operon

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Duez, Colette ^a   Zervosen, Astrid ^a   Teller, Nathalie ^a   Melkonian, Rémy ^a   Banzubazé, Emmanuel ^a   Bouillenne, Fabrice ^a   Luxen, André ^a   Frère, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aldose 1 epimerase; Dd endopeptidase; GalM; Mutarotase; PBP4a

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; ISOMERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; OPERON; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349687007     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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