Genomic analyses of pneumococci reveal a wide diversity of bacteriocins - including pneumocyclicin, a novel circular bacteriocin

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bogaardt, Carlijn ^a   van Tonder, Andries J ^a   Brueggemann, Angela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; PNEUMOCYCLICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE COMPOSITION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84937839424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1729-4     Document Type: Article

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