Ubericin A, a class IIa bacteriocin produced by Streptococcus uberis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7763-7766

  Heng, Nicholas C K ^a   Burtenshaw, Grace A ^a   Jack, Ralph W ^a   Tagg, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; OVERLAPPING GENES; PEDIOCIN;

AMINES;

BACTERIOCIN; UBERICIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; UBAA GENE; UBAI GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BOVINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 38449091969     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01818-07     Document Type: Article

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