The antimicrobial peptides lactoferricin B and magainin 2 cross over the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and reside in the cytoplasm
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- 7 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 508 (3) , 389-393
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03100-3
Abstract
The localization of immunolabelled antimicrobial peptides was studied using transmission electron microscopy. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were exposed to lactoferricin B (17–41), lacto...Keywords
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