Genes of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis are required for production of the antilisterial bacteriocin subtilosin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7346-7355

  Zheng, Guolu ^a   Yan, Liang Z ^b   Vederas, John C ^b   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032726081     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7346-7355.1999     Document Type: Article

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