Mechanistic properties of the two-component bacteriocin lactococcin G

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-99

  Moll, Gert ^a   Hildeng hauge, Håvard ^b   Nissen meyer, Jon ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^c   Konings, Wil N ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Lab of Microbial Gene Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LACTOCOCCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PRESERVATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031973724     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.96-99.1998     Document Type: Article

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