Mechanisms and Fitness Costs of Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides LL-37, CNY100HL and Wheat Germ Histones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lofton, Hava ^a   Pränting, Maria ^a   Thulin, Elisabeth ^a   Andersson, Dan I ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CYSTEINYLLYSYLTYROSYLISOLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLARGINYLARGINYLGLUTAMINYLLEUCYLALANYLARGINYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYLARGINYLARGINYLGLYCYLLEUCYLARGININE; HISTONE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FITNESS COST; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOP GENE; PMRB GENE; RFAY GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WAAY GENE; WHEAT GERM;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRITICUM;

EID: 84880704121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068875     Document Type: Article

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