A conserved ClpP-like protease involved in spore outgrowth in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Traag, Bjorn A ^a   Pugliese, Antonia ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^b   Setlow, Peter ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP LIKE PROTEASE; PROTEIN YMFB; PROTEINASE; SMALL ACID SOLUBLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPORE GERMINATION; YLZJ GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE DELETION; PROTEOLYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84884688861     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12355     Document Type: Article

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