Purification of mutacin III from group III Streptococcus mutans UA787 and genetic analyses of mutacin III biosynthesis genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3880-3887

  Qi, Fengxia ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Caufield, Page W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIDERMIN; LANTIBIOTIC; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032850133     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3880-3887.1999     Document Type: Article

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