Producer self-protection against the lantibiotic epidermin by the ABC transporter EpiFEG of Staphylococcus epidermidis Tü3298

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-211

  Otto, Michael ^a   Peschel, Andreas ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Epidermin; Immunity mechanism; Lantibiotic

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; EPIDERMIN; EPIE PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; EPIF PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; EPIG PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; GALLIDERMIN; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NISIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN; PEPTIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032529910     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13891.x     Document Type: Article

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