Molecular analysis of the bacteriocin-encoding plasmid pDGL1 from Enterococcus durans and genetic characterization of the durancin GL locus

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1523-1532

  Du, Lihui ^a   Somkuti, George A ^b   Renye, John A ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN A; BACTERIOCIN B; DURACIN A; DURACIN AB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84861896861     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055624-0     Document Type: Article

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