Influence of charge differences in the C-terminal part of nisin on antimicrobial activity and signaling capacity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-120

  Van Kraaij, Cindy ^a,b   Breukink, Eefjan ^b   Rollema, Harry S ^a   Siezen, Roland J ^a   Demel, Rudy A ^b   De Kruijff, Ben ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Autoregulation; Charged residue; Nisin; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030804834     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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