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Sinorhizobium meliloti genes involved in tolerance to the antimicrobial peptide protamine.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Nov 2006
Nogales Joaquina, Muñoz Socorro, Olivares José, Sanjuán Juan
Abstract excerpt
The innate resistance of plants and animals to microbial infection is mediated in part by small cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity. We assessed the susceptibility of the alfalfa symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti to the model antimicrobial peptide protamine. Twenty-one Tn5-induced mutants showing increased sensitivity to protamine were isolated, and nine were further characterized in detail. These nine...
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