Characterization of the gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of macedocin, the lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus macedonicus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Papadelli, Marina ^a,b   Karsioti, Athanasia ^a   Anastasiou, Rania ^a   Georgalaki, Marina ^a   Tsakalidou, Effie ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Lantibiotic; Macedocin; Streptococcus macedonicus

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; MACEDOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

EID: 34250660619     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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