ccfa, the genetic determinant for the cCF10 peptide pheromone in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1155-1162

  Antiporta, Michelle H ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN CCF10; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VECTORS;

EID: 0036157479     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.4.1155-1162.2002     Document Type: Article

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