The spiFEG locus in Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius BAA-102 confers protection against nisin U

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 573-578

  Draper, Lorraine A ^a   Tagg, John R ^b   Hill, Colin ^a,c   Cotter, Paul D ^c,d   Ross, R Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NISIN; NISIN U; PROTEIN FEG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NISIN; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84455173159     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05778-11     Document Type: Article

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