Antimicrobial peptide sensing and detoxification modules: Unravelling the regulatory circuitry of Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 581-587

  Gebhard, Susanne ^a   Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACITRACIN; GALLIDERMIN; INDOLICIDIN; MERSACIDIN; NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RAMOPLANIN; SUBTILIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

FIRMICUTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960702462     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07747.x     Document Type: Note

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