Expression and functional analysis of the subtilin immunity genes spaIFEG in the subtilin-sensitive host Bacillus subtilis MO1099

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 822-828

  Stein, Torsten ^a   Heinzmann, Stefan ^a   Düsterhus, Stefanie ^a   Borchert, Stefan ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; SUBTILIN;

ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROSS LINKING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244258308     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.822-828.2005     Document Type: Article

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