Isolation of a variant of subtilosin A with hemolytic activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5690-5696

  Huang, Tai ^a   Geng, Hao ^a   Miyyapuram, Venugopal R ^b   Sit, Clarissa S ^b   Vederas, John C ^b   Nakano, Michiko M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; ISOLEUCINE; SUBTILOSIN A; SUBTILOSIN A1; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOENGINEERING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RABBITS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 69949088377     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00541-09     Document Type: Article

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