Structural analysis and proteolytic activation of Enterococcus faecalis cytolysin, a novel lantibiotic

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1175-1184

  Booth, Mary C ^a   Bogie, Charles P ^b   Sahl, Hans Georg ^c   Siezen, Roland J ^d   Hatter, Kenneth L ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CYTOLYSIN; LANTIBIOTIC;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029786349     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.831449.x     Document Type: Article

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