Comparative studies of class IIa bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3275-3281

  Eijsink, Vincent G H ^a   Skeie, Marianne ^a   Middelhoven, P Hans ^a,c   Brurberg, May Bente ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PEDIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031685644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3275-3281.1998     Document Type: Article

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