"Nisin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 34-amino acid polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptococcus lactis. It has been used as a food preservative in canned fruits and vegetables, and cheese.
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D009561
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MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.582 D12.644.641.582 D12.776.097.151.700 D12.776.543.695.110.700
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2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nisin" by people in Profiles.
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Yu L, Liu X, O'Sullivan DJ. Use of Lactococcus lactis as a production system for peptides and enzymes encoded by a Lantibiotic gene cluster from Bifidobacterium longum. Microbiology (Reading). 2018 12; 164(12):1481-1490.
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Li H, O'Sullivan DJ. Identification of a nisI promoter within the nisABCTIP operon that may enable establishment of nisin immunity prior to induction of the operon via signal transduction. J Bacteriol. 2006 Dec; 188(24):8496-503.
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Chandrapati S, O'Sullivan DJ. Characterization of the promoter regions involved in galactose- and nisin-mediated induction of the nisA gene in Lactococcus lactis ATCC 11454. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Oct; 46(2):467-77.
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Li H, O'Sullivan DJ. Heterologous expression of the Lactococcus lactis bacteriocin, nisin, in a dairy Enterococcus strain. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 Jul; 68(7):3392-400.