Cloning and sequence analysis of zooA, a Streptococcus zooepidemicus gene encoding a bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance having a domain structure similar to that of lysostaphin

Gene

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Simmonds, Robin S ^a   Simpson, Warren J ^a   Tagg, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteriolysin; Endopeptidase; Linker; Mix and match; Modular; Recombinant DNA; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; GENE PRODUCT; LYSOSTAPHIN; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYSOSTAPHIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 0030984605     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00859-1     Document Type: Article

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