Mechanism of lantibiotic-induced pore-formation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Moll, Gert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lantibiotics; Liposomes; Nisin; Protonmotive force

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; NISIN;

ANION TRANSPORT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG MECHANISM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOLIPOSOME; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NISIN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030064601     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00399423     Document Type: Review

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