Identification of bacillus subtilis sipw as a bifunctional signal peptidase that controls surface-adhered biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2781-2790

  Terra, Rebecca ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a,c   Cao, Guoqiang ^a,b,d   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SIPW; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84864009021     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06780-11     Document Type: Article

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