Distribution of the NisI immunity protein and enhancement of nisin activity by the lipid-free NisI

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-90

  Koponen, Olli ^a   Takala, Timo M ^a   Saarela, Ulla ^a   Qiao, Mingqiang ^a   Saris, Per E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lactococcus; NisI; Nisin; Nisin enhancer; Nisin immunity

Indexed keywords

NISIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NISI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0842309167     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00934-0     Document Type: Article

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