Identification of a nisI promoter within the nisABCTIP operon that may enable establishment of nisin immunity prior to induction of the operon via signal transduction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8496-8503

  Li, Haiping ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NISIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NISABCTIP OPERON; NISFEG GENE; NISI GENE; NISRK GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NISIN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 33845458019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00946-06     Document Type: Article

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