The bactericidal activity of pediocin PA-1 is specifically inhibited by a 15-mer fragment that spans the bacteriocin from the Center toward the C terminus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5057-5060

  Fimland, Gunnar ^a   Jack, Ralph ^c,d   Jung, Günther ^c   Nes, Ingolf F ^b   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d ECHAZ Microcollections   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PEDIOCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TARGET CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031793223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.5057-5060.1998     Document Type: Article

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