Lactoferricin B inhibits bacterial macromolecular synthesis in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-384

  Ulvatne, Hilde ^a   Samuelsen, Ørjan ^a,b   Haukland, Hanne H ^a,b   Krämer, Manuela ^a   Vorland, Lars H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c N Norway Regional Health Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli; Lactoferricin B; Macromolecular synthesis; Mode of action

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRICIN B;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4143102460     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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