Identification of the genes involved in the secretion and self-immunity of lacticin Q, an unmodified leaderless bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis QU 5

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2927-2935

  Iwatani, Shun ^a   Yoneyama, Fuminori ^a   Miyashita, Shiho ^a   Zendo, Takeshi ^a   Nakayama, Jiro ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIOCIN; LACTICIN Q; LACTICIN Z; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HOST CELL; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LNQQ GENE; NONHUMAN; ORF GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 84870320132     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062943-0     Document Type: Article

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