A leucine repeat motif in AbiA is required for resistance of Lactococcus lactis to phages representing three species

Gene

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-11

  Dinsmore, Polly K ^a   O'Sullivan, Daniel J ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy starter cultures; Lactic acid bacteria; Leucine zipper; Phage resistance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROLINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ABIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032574955     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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