Enterocin C, a class IIb bacteriocin produced by E. faecalis C901, a strain isolated from human colostrum

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Maldonado Barragán, Antonio ^a,b   Caballero Guerrero, Belén ^b   Jiménez, Esther ^a   Jiménez Díaz, Rufino ^b   Ruiz Barba, José L ^b   Rodríguez, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Colostrum; Enterocin; Two peptide bacteriocin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN C; PROTEIN ENTC1; PROTEIN ENTC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLOSTRUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; THREONINE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 67649109232     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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