An exported inducer peptide regulates bacteriocin production in Enterococcus faecium CTC492

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1848-1854

  Nilsen, Trine ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Holo, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031944980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1848-1854.1998     Document Type: Article

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