Class IIa bacteriocins: Diversity and new developments

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 16668-16707

  Cui, Yanhua ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Wang, Yunfeng ^b   Shi, John ^c   Zhang, Lanwei ^a   Ding, Zhongqing ^a   Qu, Xiaojun ^d   Cui, Hongyu ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Class IIa bacteriocin; Discovery; Diversity; Genetic organization; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACIDOCIN A; AVICIN A; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN 2A; BAVARICIN A; BIFIDOCIN B; CURVACIN A; CURVATICIN L442; DURACIN GL; ENTEROCIN A; ENTEROCIN HF; ENTEROCIN P; LEUCOCIN A; LEUCOCIN B; LEUCOCIN C; LISTERIOCIN 743A; MUNDTICIN; MUNDTICIN L; PEDIOCIN; PENOCIN A; PISCICOCIN CS526; PISCICOLIN 126; PLANTARICIN 423; PLANTARICIN C19; SAKACIN G; SAKACIN P; SAKACIN X; UBERICIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEISSELLIN A; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSAFETY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD MICROBIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS;

EID: 84871694756     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131216668     Document Type: Review

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