Identification of an operon and inducing peptide involved in the production of lactacin B by Lactobacillus acidophilus

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1766-1778

  Dobson, A E ^a   Sanozky Dawes, R B ^b   Klaenhammer, T R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Class II; Inducing peptide; Lactobacillus; Two component regulatory system

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CLONING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; PEPTIDES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIOCINS; CLASS II; CLUSTER ENCODING; ENCODINGS; INDUCING PEPTIDES; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIOCIN; GLYCINE; LACTACIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEREDITY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS NCFM;

EID: 35448934517     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03417.x     Document Type: Article

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