Antibacterial action of dipeptides containing an inhibitor og glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1349-1358

  Chmara, Henryk ^a   Milewski, Sławomir ^a   Andruszkiewicz, Ryszard ^a   Mignini, Fiorenzo ^b   Borowski, Edward ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell wall; Dipeptides

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDE; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031802591     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1349     Document Type: Article

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