Amino acid and nucleotide sequence, adjacent genes, and heterologous expression of hiracin JM79, a sec-dependent bacteriocin produced by Enterococcus hirae DCH5, isolated from Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-236

  Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Diep, Dzung B ^b   Herranz, Carmen ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^b   Cintas, Luis M ^a   Hernández, Pablo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Enterococcus hirae; Heterologous production; Hiracin JM79; Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; DNA; HIRACIN JM79; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LEUCISCUS IDUS;

EID: 34247098486     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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