The large mechanosensitive channel MscL determines bacterial susceptibility to the bacteriocin sublancin 168

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4702-4711

  Kouwen, Thijs R H M ^a   Trip, Erik N ^a   Denham, Emma L ^a   Sibbald, Mark J J B ^a   Dubois, Jean Yves F ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350318144     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00439-09     Document Type: Article

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