Cloning and genetic organization of the bacteriocin 31 determinant encoded on the Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive conjugative plasmid pYI17

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3585-3593

  Tomita, Haruyoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Shuhei ^a   Tanimoto, Koichi ^a   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PHEROMONE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSFER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030000298     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3585-3593.1996     Document Type: Article

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