The bacteriocin lactococcin A specifically increases permeability of lactococcal cytoplasmic membranes in a voltage-independent, protein-mediated manner.
van Belkum MJ, Kok J, Venema G, Holo H, Nes IF, Konings WN, Abee T.
van Belkum MJ, et al. Among authors: venema g.
J Bacteriol. 1991 Dec;173(24):7934-41. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.24.7934-7941.1991.
J Bacteriol. 1991.
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Its structural gene has recently been cloned and sequenced (M. J. van Belkum, B. J. Hayema, R. E. Jeeninga, J. Kok, and G. Venema, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:492-498, 1991). Purified lactococcin A increased the permeability of the cytoplasmic membrane of L. lactis …
Its structural gene has recently been cloned and sequenced (M. J. van Belkum, B. J. Hayema, R. E. Jeeninga, J. Kok, and G. Venema …