Bacteriocins: Nature, function and structure

Micron

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 467-479

  Daw, Mohamed A ^a   Falkiner, Fredrick R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Bacterium typing; Bacterium like inhibitory substances; Bacterophage; Cloacins; Contracted forms; Pyocins; Relaxed forms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENETICS; LYSOGENIZATION; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCINS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; LYSOGENY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030390123     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(96)00028-5     Document Type: Review

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