Structure-activity relationships in the peptide antibiotic nisin: Role of dehydroalanine 5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2966-2969

  Chan, W C ^a   Dodd, H M ^b   Horn, N ^c   Maclean, K ^c   Lian, L Y ^b   Bycroft, B W ^b   Gasson, M J ^c   Roberts, G C K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEHYDROALANINE; NISIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029741791     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2966-2969.1996     Document Type: Article

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