Properties of nisin Z and distribution of its gene, nisZ, in Lactococcus lactis.

doi:10.1128/aem.59.1.213-218.1993

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Properties of nisin Z and distribution of its gene, nisZ, in Lactococcus lactis.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 1993

de Vos W M, Mulders J W, Siezen R J, Hugenholtz J, Kuipers O P

Abstract excerpt

Two natural variants of the lantibiotic nisin that are produced by Lactococcus lactis are known. They have a similar structure but differ in a single amino acid residue at position 27; histidine in nisin A and asparagine in nisin Z (J.W.M. Mulders, I.J. Boerrigter, H.S. Rollema, R.J. Siezen, and...

Topics

Base Sequence
Cross Reactions
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Lactococcus lactis
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Nisin
Species Specificity

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