Role of lipid-bound peptidoglycan precursors in the formation of pores by nisin, epidermin and other lantibiotics

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-327

  Brötz, Heike ^a   Josten, Michaele ^a   Wiedemann, Imke ^a   Schneider, Ursula ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^b   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EPIDERMIN; LANTIBIOTIC; LIPOSOME; NISIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG SPECIFICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; LIPOSOMES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NISIN; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATE OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0031784281     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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