Lantibiotics: How do producers become self-protected?

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Alkhatib, Zainab ^a   Abts, André ^a   Mavaro, Antonino ^a   Schmitt, Lutz ^a   Smits, Sander H J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnological application; Immunity system; Lantibiotic; NICE expression system; Nisin; Nisin operon; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; IMMUNITY SYSTEM; LANTIBIOTICS; NISIN; NISIN OPERON; REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; GENES; MACHINERY; PROTEINS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER NISFEG; EPICIDIN; EPIDERMIN; EPILANCIN; ERICIN; GALLIDERMIN; LACTICIN; LACTOCIN S; LANTIBIOTIC; MERSACIDIN; MUTACIN II; NISIN; NUKACIN ISK 1; SUBTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; IMMUNOREGULATION; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS GALLINARIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NISIN; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84860838241     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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