Defence against antimicrobial peptides: Different strategies in Firmicutes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1225-1237

  Revilla Guarinos, Ainhoa ^a   Gebhard, Susanne ^b   Mascher, Thorsten ^b   Zúñiga, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84898771414     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12400     Document Type: Article

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