Role of lipid‐bound peptidoglycan precursors in the formation of pores by nisin, epidermin and other lantibiotics
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- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 30 (2), 317-327
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01065.x
Abstract
It is generally assumed that type A lantibiotics primarily kill bacteria by permeabilization of the cytoplasmic membrane. As previous studies had demonstrated that nisin interacts with the membrane‐b...Keywords
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