| Literature DB >> 22635987 |
César de la Fuente-Núñez1, Jan Mertens, John Smit, Robert E W Hancock.
Abstract
This report describes a previously unrecognized role for bacterial surface layers as barriers that confer protection against antimicrobial peptides. As antimicrobial peptides exist in natural environments, S-layers may provide a bacterial survival mechanism that has been selected for through evolution.Mesh:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22635987 PMCID: PMC3416397 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01493-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792