Molecular and genetic characterization of a novel bacteriocin locus in Enterococcus avium isolates from infants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-492

  Birri, Dagim Jirata ^a   Brede, Dag A ^a   Forberg, Torunn ^a   Holo, Helge ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION; BACTERIOCINS; CULTURE SUPERNATANT; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA SEQUENCING; ENCODING GENES; ENTEROCIN; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; FECAL ENTEROCOCCI; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PEDIOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-ENCODING GENES; REGULATORY GENES; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; RESPONSE REGULATORS; REVERSED-PHASE CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPORTER GENES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DNA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ION EXCHANGE; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PURIFICATION;

GENE ENCODING;

AVICIN A, ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; BACTERIOCIN;

BACTERIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHEROMONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 75249089137     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01597-09     Document Type: Article

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