Altering the composition of caseicins A and B as a means of determining the contribution of specific residues to antimicrobial activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2496-2501

  Norberg, Sarah ^a   O'Connor, Paula M ^b,c   Stanton, Catherine ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^b,c   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BACTERIAL FERMENTATIONS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NON-POLAR; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; S. AUREUS; S. TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SODIUM CASEINATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; SALMONELLA;

PEPTIDES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CASEIN; PEPTIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CASEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953278648     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02450-10     Document Type: Article

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