Analysis of the sakacin P gene cluster from Lactobacillus sake Lb674 and its expression in sakacin-negative Lb. sake strains

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1437-1448

  Hühne, Kathrin ^a   Axelsson, Lars ^b   Holck, Askild ^b   Kröckel, Lothar ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lactobacillus sake; Sakacin P; spp gene cluster; Two component signal transducing system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SAKACIN P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029919969     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1437     Document Type: Article

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