Anatomy of the bacitracin resistance network in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 607-620

  Radeck, Jara ^a,b   Gebhard, Susanne ^c   Orchard, Peter Shevlin ^b   Kirchner, Marion ^b,e   Bauer, Stephanie ^b   Mascher, Thorsten ^a   Fritz, Georg ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACITRACIN; BCEAB PROTEIN; BCRC PROTEIN; LIALH PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL ENVELOPE STRESS RESPONSE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84960155163     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13336     Document Type: Article

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