Prevalence of the Genes Encoding Propionicin T1 and Protease-Activated Antimicrobial Peptide and Their Expression in Classical Propionibacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2240-2244

  Faye, Therese ^a   Brede, Dag Anders ^a   Langsrud, Thor ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Holo, Helge ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES;

ANTIMICROBIOLOGY; GENE ENCODING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIOCIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONICIN T1; PROTEASE ACTIVATED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PAMA GENE; PCTA GENE; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM THOENII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM THOENII; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10444250066     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2240-2244.2004     Document Type: Article

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