Periplasmic location of the pesticin immunity protein suggests inactivation of pesticin in the periplasm

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2431-2435

  Pilsl, Holger ^a   Killmann, Helmut ^a   Hantke, Klaus ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mikrobiologie II   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PESTICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0029994995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2431-2435.1996     Document Type: Article

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