Complementary and overlapping selectivity of the two-peptide bacteriocins plantaricin EF and JK

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4848-4852

  Moll, Gert N ^a   Van Den Akker, Emile ^a   Hauge, Håvard H ^b   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^c   Konings, Wil N ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PLANTARICIN EF; PLANTARICIN JK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION;

LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 0032865690     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4848-4852.1999     Document Type: Article

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