Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1-encoded Fst toxin affects membrane permeability and alters cellular responses to lantibiotics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2169-2177

  Weaver, Keith E ^a   Weaver, Dariel M ^a   Wells, Carol L ^b   Waters, Christopher M ^b   Gardner, Marshall E ^a   Ehli, Erik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOLYSIN; FST TOXIN; LANTIBIOTIC; MUTANT PROTEIN; NISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLYCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NISIN; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037379273     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2169-2177.2003     Document Type: Article

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