Structural analysis and characterization of lacticin Q, a novel bacteriocin belonging to a new family of unmodified bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2871-2877

  Fujita, Koji ^a   Ichimasa, Shiro ^a   Zendo, Takeshi ^a   Koga, Shoko ^a   Yoneyama, Fuminori ^a   Nakayama, Jiro ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CATION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTICIN Q;

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DNA; LACTICIN Q; METHIONINE; NISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETONE; AMINO ACID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; ION EXCHANGE; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PLASMID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEIN; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NISIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248172307     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02286-06     Document Type: Article

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