Characterization of the nisFEG operon of the nisin Z producing lactococcus luctis subsp. Lactis N8 strain

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Immonen, T ^a   Saris, P E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Lactococcus lactis; lantibiotic; nisinimmunity

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ADDITIVE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNITY; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NISIN Z; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NISIN; OPERON; RNA, ANTISENSE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032462323     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179809008466     Document Type: Article

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