The Lactococcin G immunity protein recognizes specific regions in both peptides constituting the Two-Peptide bacteriocin Lactococcin G

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1267-1273

  Oppegård, Camilla ^a   Emanuelsen, Linda ^a   Thorbek, Lisbeth ^a   Fimland, Gunnar ^a   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCINS; CELLULAR COMPONENTS; COGNATE IMMUNITY PROTEINS; ENTEROCIN; EXPRESSION VECTORS; HELIX STRUCTURES; HYBRID PEPTIDES; IMMUNITY PROTEINS; LACTOCOCCIN; LACTOCOCCUS; N-TERMINALS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TRANSMEMBRANE HELICES; WILD TYPES;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; MODEL STRUCTURES; POLYPEPTIDES;

PEPTIDES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN 1071A; ENTEROCIN 1071B; LACTOCOCCIN G; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID; IMMUNITY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS;

EID: 76649116857     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02600-09     Document Type: Article

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