Characterization and cloning of the genes encoding enterocin 1071A and enterocin 1071B, two antimicrobial peptides produced by Enterococcus faecalis BFE 1071

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1298-1304

  Balla, E ^a   Dicks, L M T ^a   Du Toit, M ^a   Van Der Merwe, M J ^a   Holzapfel, W H ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN 1071A; ENTEROCIN 1071B; LACTOCOCCIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034111146     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1298-1304.2000     Document Type: Article

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