Functional analyses of the promoters in the lantibiotic mutacin II biosynthetic locus in Streptococcus mutans.

doi:10.1128/AEM.65.2.652-658.1999

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Functional analyses of the promoters in the lantibiotic mutacin II biosynthetic locus in Streptococcus mutans.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 1999

Qi F, Chen P, Caufield P W

Abstract excerpt

The lantibiotic bacteriocin mutacin II is produced by the group II Streptococcus mutans. The mutacin II biosynthetic locus consists of seven genes, mutR, -A, -M, -T, -F, -E, and -G, organized as two operons. The mutAMTFEG operon is transcribed from the mutA promoter 55 bp upstream of the translat...

Topics

Bacteriocins
Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Operon
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Streptococcus mutans
Transcription, Genetic

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