Expression of the antimicrobial peptide carnobacteriocin B2 by a signal peptide-dependent general secretory pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4095-4099

  Mccormick, John K ^a   Worobo, Randy W ^a   Stiles, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b IBMIG Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et dIngenierie Genetique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PLASMID DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARNOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNOBACTERIUM DIVERGENS; CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; PISCICOLA;

EID: 0029802390     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4095-4099.1996     Document Type: Article

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