Structure, function, and biology of the Enterococcus faecalis cytolysin

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 895-911

  Van Tyne, Daria ^a   Martin, Melissa J ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Cytolysin; Lantibiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CYTOLYSIN; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOLYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84877024304     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5050895     Document Type: Review

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