Mechanism of inhibition of bacillus anthracis spore outgrowth by the Lantibiotic Nisin

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 744-752

  Gut, Ian M ^a   Blanke, Steven R ^a   Van Der Donk, Wilfred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION; NISIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960489243     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb1004178     Document Type: Article

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