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. 1997 Mar;179(6):2073–2076. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.6.2073-2076.1997

A new periplasmic protein of Escherichia coli which is synthesized in spheroplasts but not in intact cells.

S Hagenmaier 1, Y D Stierhof 1, U Henning 1
PMCID: PMC178936  PMID: 9068658

Abstract

The gene spy from Escherichia coli has been cloned and sequenced. It encodes a precursor of a so far unknown 139-residue, rather basic periplasmic protein. It was not detectable immunologically in intact cells but was produced abundantly in spheroplasts. It could be a stress protein specific for spheroplasting.

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