A bacteriocin gene cluster able to enhance plasmid maintenance in Lactococcus lactis

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Campelo, Ana B ^a   Roces, Clara ^a   Mohedano, M L ^b   López, Paloma ^b   Rodríguez, Ana ^a   Martínez, Beatriz ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Insertion sequences; Lactococcus lactis; Plasmid segregation; Post segregational killing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AS 48; LACTICIN; LACTOCOCCIN; LACTOCOCCIN 972; LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPLICON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; STOP CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84902249342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-77     Document Type: Article

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