Atypical genetic locus associated with constitutive production of enterocin B by Enterococcus faecium BFE 900

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2170-2178

  Franz, Charles M A P ^a   Worobo, Randy W ^a,c   Quadri, Luis E N ^a,d   Schillinger, Ulrich ^b   Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^b   Vederas, John C ^a   Stiles, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ENTEROCIN B; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NES; OLEACEAE; PISCICOLA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032924504     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2170-2178.1999     Document Type: Article

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