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. 1980 Jan;39(1):274–276. doi: 10.1128/aem.39.1.274-276.1980

Increased production of extracellular enzymes by the synergistic effect of genes introduced into Bacillus subtilis by stepwise transformation.

Y Yoneda
PMCID: PMC291317  PMID: 6153519

Abstract

The amyR3, amyS, papS1, tmr, and papM118 mutations each stimulate alpha-amylase production two- to sevenfold above the level in a wild-type strain of Bacillus subtilis. A strain which presumably has all five of these mutations produced 250-fold more alpha-amylase.

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