Identification and overexpression of Itnl, a novel gene which confers immunity to the two-component lantibiotic lacticin 3147

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-138

  McAuliffe, Olivia ^a   Hill, Colin ^a   Ross, R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food grade marker; Immunity; Lacticin 3147; Lantibiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; LACTICIN 3147; LANTIBIOTIC; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033967119     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-1-129     Document Type: Article

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