Mechanism of antimicrobial action of indolicidin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Subbalakshmi, Chilukuri ^a   Sitaram, Narasimhaiah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Filamentation of E coli cells; Indolicidin; Inhibition of DNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; INDOLICIDIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL SIZE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; RNA, BACTERIAL; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032031434     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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