The bacterial surface layer provides protection against antimicrobial peptides.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
دوره 78 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012