Immunity to the bacteriocin sublancin 168 is determined by the SunI (YolF) protein of Bacillus subtilis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 651-661

  Dubois, Jean Yves F ^a   Kouwen, Thijs R H M ^a   Schurich, Anna K C ^a   Reis, Carlos R ^a   Ensing, Hendrik T ^a   Trip, Erik N ^a   Zweers, Jessica C ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; LANTIBIOTIC; PROTEIN SUNI; SUBLANCIN 168; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SPBETA PROPHAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOLF GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 59749096296     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01189-08     Document Type: Article

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