Plasmid pAMS1-encoded, bacteriocin-related "Siblicide" in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3183-3188

  Sedgley, Christine M ^a,d   Clewell, Don B ^b,c   Flannagan, Susan E ^a  

^a Restorative Sciences and Endodontics ^*  (United States)

^b School of Dentistry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; GELATINASE; SEX PHEROMONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOST; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAMS1; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GELATINASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 65549126460     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00147-09     Document Type: Article

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