Expression of the lantibiotic mersacidin in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Herzner, Anna Maria ^a   Dischinger, Jasmin ^a   Szekat, Christiane ^a   Josten, Michaele ^a   Schmitz, Stephanie ^a   Yakéléba, Anja ^a   Reinartz, Ricarda ^a   Jansen, Andrea ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a   Piel, Jörn ^a   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN; METHYLLANTHIONINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOCIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STRUCTURAL GENE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SP.; LANA;

BACILLUS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GYRASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 79960636755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022389     Document Type: Article

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