Expression, purification, and characterization of EpiC, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the lantibiotic epidermin, and sequence analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis epiC mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1335-1340

  Kupke, Thomas ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029864280     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1335-1340.1996     Document Type: Article

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