Quorum sensing control of lantibiotic production; nisin and subtilin autoregulate their own biosynthesis

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1405-1414

  Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Lantibiotic; Peptide pheromone; Quorum sensing; Regulation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; SUBTILIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL BOND; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NISIN; PEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4544251455     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.10.021     Document Type: Review

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