Purification and biological characterization of halocin C8, a novel peptide antibiotic from Halobacterium strain AS7092

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 401-407

  Li, Yun ^a,b   Xiang, Hua ^a   Liu, Jingfang ^a   Zhou, Meixian ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Halobacterium strain AS7092; Halocin C8; Halophilic Archaea; N terminal sequence; Purification and properties

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALORUBRUM; HALORUBRUM SACCHAROVORUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES;

EID: 3042704687     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0335-6     Document Type: Article

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