Isolation of a new epidermin variant from two strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis - Frequency of lantibiotic production in coagulase-negative staphylococci

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 285-296

  Israil, Anca M ^a   Jack, Ralph W ^b,c   Jung, Günther ^c   Sahl, Hans Georg ^b  

^a CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; COAGULASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIDERMIN; LANTHIONINE; PEPTIDE; SULFIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; COAGULASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SULFIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030198730     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80104-6     Document Type: Article

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