Novel lantibiotics and their pre-peptides

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Tagg, John R ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lantibiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; BACTERIOCIN; CARNOCIN; CYTOLYSIN; EPIDERMIN; EPILANCIN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; GALLIDERMIN; LACTICIN 481; LACTOCIN C; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SALIVARICIN A; STREPTOCOCCIN; SUBTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ALANINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SULFIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030046569     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00399414     Document Type: Review

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