Genetic analysis of a unique bacteriocin, Smb, produced by Streptococcus mutans GS5

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 541-548

  Yonezawa, Hideo ^a   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOCIN; LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS BACTERIOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 12944260576     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.2.541-548.2005     Document Type: Article

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