Contributions of the σW, σM and σX regulons to the lantibiotic resistome of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-518

  Kingston, Anthony W ^a   Liao, Xiaojie ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID SYNTHASE; NISIN; PHAGE SHOCK PROTEIN A; PHAGE SHOCK PROTEIN YVLC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE; TEICHOIC ACID; TELLURITE RESISTANCE RELATED PROTEIN YCEGHI; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLTABCD GENE; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LTASA GENE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSPA GENE; REGULON; SPPA GENE; YCEGHI GENE; YVLC GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NISIN; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84887051977     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12380     Document Type: Article

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