Identification, characterization and purification of the lantibiotic staphylococcin T, a natural gallidermin variant

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 856-866

  Furmanek, B ^a   Kaczorowski, T ^a   Bugalski, R ^b   Bielawski, K ^c   Bogdanowicz, J ^a   Podhajska, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILTRATION; PURIFICATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMINO-ACIDS; AMMONIUM SULFATE PRECIPITATION; CATION EXCHANGES; DNA SEQUENCING; FAST PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES; GEL-FILTRATION; LANTIBIOTICS; MASS DETERMINATION; PRO-GLY; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; GALLIDERMIN; STAPHYLOCOCCIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

EID: 0033393424     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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