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| Abi-Khattar, Z.; Rejasse, A.; Destoumieux-Garzón, D.; Escoubas, J.M.; Sanchis Borja, V.; Lereclus, D.; Givaudan, A.; Kallassy, M.; Nielsen-Leroux, C.; Gaudriault, S.. |
| The dlt operon encodes proteins that alanylate teichoic acids, the major components of cell walls of gram-positive bacteria. This generates a net positive charge on bacterial cell walls, repulsing positively charged molecules and conferring resistance to animal and human cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in gram-positive pathogenic bacteria. AMPs damage the bacterial membrane and are the most effective components of the humoral immune response against bacteria. We investigated the role of the dlt operon in insect virulence by inactivating this operon in Bacillus cereus, which is both an opportunistic human pathogen and an insect pathogen. The {Delta}dltBc mutant displayed several morphological alterations but grew at a rate similar to that... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: OPERON dlt. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2011b0f035d5&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/05/ |
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| Duperthuy, M.; Binesse, J.; Le Roux, F.; Romestand, B.; Caro, A.; Got, P.; Givaudan, A.; Mazel, D.; Blachère, E.; Destoumieux-Garzón, D.. |
| Vibrio splendidus, strain LGP32, is an oyster pathogen associated with the summer mortalities affecting the production of Crassostrea gigas oysters worldwide. Vibrio splendidus LGP32 was shown to resist to up to 10 µM Cg-Def defensin and Cg-BPI bactericidal permeability increasing protein, two antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs) involved in C. gigas immunity. The resistance to both oyster Cg-Def and Cg-BPI and standard AMPs (polymyxin B, protegrin, human BPI) was dependent on the ompU gene. Indeed, upon ompU inactivation, minimal bactericidal concentrations decreased by up to fourfold. AMP resistance was restored upon ectopic expression of ompU. The susceptibility of bacterial membranes to AMP-induced damages was independent of the ompU-mediated AMP... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS; OmpU OYSTER. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20112f6d12&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/05/ |
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