Spore germination mediated by Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 SleL and YpeB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1045-1054

  Üstok, Fatma Işik ^a   Packman, Len C ^a   Lowe, Christopher R ^a   Christie, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORTEX LYTIC ENZYME; DIPICOLINIC ACID; EPIMERASE; HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SLEL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YPEB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84893776820     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01298-13     Document Type: Article

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