Production of pediocin PA-1 by Lactococcus lactis using the lactococcin A secretory apparatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 818-823

  Horn, Nikki ^a   Martínez, María I ^b   Martínez, José M ^b   Hernández, Pablo E ^b   Gasson, Michael J ^a   Rodríguez, Juan M ^b   Dodd, Helen M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LACTOCOCCIN; PEDIOCIN; PEDIOCIN PA 1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0344447067     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.818-823.1998     Document Type: Article

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