The putative immunity protein of the Gram-positive bacteria Leuconostoc mesenteroides is preferentially located in the cytoplasm compartment

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 251-259

  Dayem, Manal Abdel ^a,b   Fleury, Yannick ^a   Devilliers, Ginette ^b   Chaboisseau, Eddy ^a   Girard, Robert ^c   Nicolas, Pierre ^b   Delfour, Antoine ^a,b  

^a IBMIG Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et dIngenierie Genetique   (France)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody anti peptide; Bacteriocin; Immunity protein; Leuconostoc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN; IMMUNITY PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0037664749     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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