Enterolysin A, a cell wall-degrading bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis LMG 2333

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2975-2984

  Nilsen, Trine ^a,b   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Holo, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DNA; PROTEINS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROLYSIN A; GLUCOSE; LYSOSTAPHIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN ALE 1; PROTEIN LYTM; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOOCIN A;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIOCOCCUS; PH; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG STABILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037882258     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2975-2984.2003     Document Type: Article

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