Inactivation of the dlt operon in Staphylococcus aureus confers sensitivity to defensins, protegrins, and other antimicrobial peptides

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 274, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 8405-8410

  Peschel, Andreas ^a   Otto, Michael ^a   Jack, Ralph W ^a,b   Kalbacher, Hubert ^a   Jung, Günther ^a,b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ECHAZ Microcollections   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALANINE; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NISIN; OPERON; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0033605557     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.13.8405     Document Type: Article

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