Construction of an expression system for site-directed mutagenesis of the lantibiotic mersacidin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3777-3783

  Szekat, Christiane ^a   Jack, Ralph W ^b,d   Skutlarek, Dirk ^a   Färber, Harald ^a   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Inst fur Med Mikrobiol/Immunol   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

PEPTIDES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038155138     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.3777-3783.2003     Document Type: Article

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