Lipid II-based antimicrobial activity of the lantibiotic plantaricin C

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2809-2814

  Wiedemann, Imke ^a   Böttiger, Tim ^a   Bonelli, Raquel Regina ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a   Martínez, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CELLS; LIPIDS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIBIOTIC MERSACIDIN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LANTIBIOTIC NISIN; PORE FORMATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CARBON 14; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE; LANTIBIOTIC; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MERSACIDIN; NISIN; PLANTARICIN C; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; LIPID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; CELL WALL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIPOSOMES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCUS; NISIN; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 33646080127     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2809-2814.2006     Document Type: Article

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