The lantibiotic mersacidin is a strong inducer of the cell wall stress response of Staphylococcus aureus

BACKGROUND: The lantibiotic mersacidin is an antimicrobial peptide of 20 amino acids that is ribosomally produced by Bacillus sp. strain HIL Y-85,54728. Mersacidin acts by complexing the sugar phosphate head group of the peptidoglycan precursor lipid II, thereby inhibiting the transglycosylation rea...

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Main Authors: Sass, Peter, Jansen, Andrea, Szekat, Christiane, Sass, Vera, Sahl, Hans-Georg, Bierbaum, Gabriele
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592248/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-186
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