A highly unstable transcript makes CwlO D,L-endopeptidase expression responsive to growth conditions in bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-247

  Noone, David ^a   Salzberg, Letal I ^a   Botella, Eric ^a   Bäsell, Katrin ^b   Becher, Dörte ^b   Antelmann, Haike ^b   Devine, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CWLO PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE Y; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84890895699     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00986-13     Document Type: Article

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