Transcriptional profile of the Escherichia coli response to the antimicrobial insect peptide cecropin A

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Hong, Robert W ^a   Shchepetov, Mikhail ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a   Axelsen, Paul H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN A;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; INSECT; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037228233     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.1.1-6.2003     Document Type: Article

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