Development and application of a microtiter plate-based autoinduction bioassay for detection of the lantibiotic subtilin

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Burkard, Michael ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a   Stein, Torsten ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Lantibiotic; Pheromone; Subtilin; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ERICIN; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; INCUBATION TIME; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACZ GENE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NISIN; PEPTIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 34250706709     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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