Engineering Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 for improved production of the lantibiotic subtilin

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-536

  Heinzmann, Stefan ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a   Stein, Torsten ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSIONS; LANTIBIOTIC SUBTILIN; MUTANTS; TRANSITION STATES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

LANTIBIOTIC; SUBTILIN;

BACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; SUCCINIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29244480306     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0023-9     Document Type: Article

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