Localization and functional analysis of PepI, the immunity peptide of Pep5-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3263-3271

  Hoffmann, Anja ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^a   Pag, Ulrike ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOLOGY;

IMMUNITY MECHANISM; MUTANTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PEP5; PROTEIN PEPI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 2942554929     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3263-3271.2004     Document Type: Article

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