Characterization of a locus from Carnobacterium piscicola LV17B involved in bacteriocin production and immunity: Evidence for global inducer-mediated transcriptional regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6163-6171

  Quadri, Luis E N ^a,c   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b   De Vos, Willem M ^b   Roy, Kenneth L ^a   Vederas, John C ^a   Stiles, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARNOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNOBACTERIUM; CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; PISCICOLA;

EID: 0030930569     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6163-6171.1997     Document Type: Article

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