Two-component signal-transducing systems involved in stress responses and vancomycin susceptibility in Lactobacillus sakei

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2873-2883

  Morel Deville, Françoise ^a,b   Fauvel, Franck ^a   Morel, Patrice ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Lactobacillus sakei; Signal transduction; Two component systems; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031764022     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2873     Document Type: Article

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