Genome mining for radical SAM Protein determinants reveals multiple sactibiotic-like gene clusters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Murphy, Kiera ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Orla ^b   Rea, Mary C ^b,c   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^b,c   Hill, Colin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PROTEIN TRNC; PROTEIN TRND; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBTILOSIN A; THURICIN; THURICIN CD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DATA MINING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATA MINING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79960080501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020852     Document Type: Article

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