Protein transport across the cell wall of monoderm Gram-positive bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-413

  Forster, Brian M ^a,b   Marquis, Hélène ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; LEVANSUCRASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUBTILISIN;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84859939178     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08040.x     Document Type: Review

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