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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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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-186 |