Class IIa bacteriocins: Biosynthesis, structure and activity

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-106

  Ennahar, Saïd ^a   Sashihara, Toshihiro ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a   Ishizaki, Ayaaki ^a  

^a Kyushu Universitay   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Biosynthesis; Class IIa bacteriocin; Listeria; Mode of action; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

LISTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033959432     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00031-5     Document Type: Review

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