Genetic analysis of the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and the impact of regulatory mutations on protease production

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Borgmeier, Claudia ^a   Bongaerts, Johannes ^b   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular enzymes; Hypersecretion; Marker free mutagenesis; Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

5-FLUOROURACIL; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; DNA-BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPERSECRETION; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; PROTEASE ACTIVITIES; PROTEASE PRODUCTION; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT; SUBTILIS; URACIL-PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; WILD TYPES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

FLUOROURACIL; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGSU GENE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OPERON; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 84859504889     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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