Bacteriocins: Mechanism of membrane insertion and pore formation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 185-198

  Moll, Gert N ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactococcin; Lantibiotic; Lipid; Peptide; Pore; Proton motive force

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SULFIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032824975     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002002718501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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