Purification and characterization of streptin, a type a1 lantibiotic produced by streptococcus pyogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2737-2747

  Wescombe, Philip A ^a   Tagg, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

PYROGENES;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; LANTIBIOTIC; PROTEINASE; STREPTIN; STREPTOLYSIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0038220969     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2737-2747.2003     Document Type: Article

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