Nucleotide sequence of the streptococcin A-FF22 lantibiotic regulon: Model for production of the lantibiotic SA-FF22 by strains of Streptococcus pyogenes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-177

  McLaughlin, Robert E ^a   Ferretti, Joseph J ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lantibiotic; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; STREPTOCOCCIN A; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032782007     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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