Mutational analysis and chemical modification of Cys24 of lactococcin B, a bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactis

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2825-2830

  Venema, Koen ^a,b   Dost, Michiel H R ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a   Kok, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lactococcin; Lactococcus lactis; Secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029954539     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2825     Document Type: Article

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