Scandium Stimulates the production of amylase and bacilysin in Bacillus subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8181-8183

  Inaoka, Takashi ^a   Ochi, Kozo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME PRODUCTION; GROWTH MEDIUM; REMARKABLE IMPACT; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; METABOLISM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SCANDIUM; TRANSCRIPTION;

AMYLASES;

AMYLASE; BACILYSIN; DIPEPTIDE; SCANDIUM;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; METABOLISM; SCANDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM;

AMYLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SCANDIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 83055188789     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06205-11     Document Type: Article

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