Expansion of bacteriocin activity and host range upon complementation of two peptides encoded within the lactacin F operon.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.8.2235-2241.1994

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Expansion of bacteriocin activity and host range upon complementation of two peptides encoded within the lactacin F operon.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 1994

Allison G E, Fremaux C, Klaenhammer T R

Abstract excerpt

Lactacin F is a membrane-active bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus johnsonii VPI11088 (Laf+). The genetic determinants encoding lactacin F are organized in a 1-kb polycistronic operon composed of a promoter (P(laf)), three genes (lafA, lafX, and ORFZ), and a functional rho-independent transcri...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Bacteriocins
Base Sequence
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Complementation Test
Lactobacillus
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Operon

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