Protection of Sinorhizobium against Host Cysteine-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides Is Critical for Symbiosis

A bacterial membrane protein, BacA, protects Sinorhizobium meliloti against the antimicrobial activity of host peptides, enabling the peptides to induce bacterial persistence rather than bacterial death.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haag, Andreas F., Baloban, Mikhail, Sani, Monica, Kerscher, Bernhard, Pierre, Olivier, Farkas, Attila, Longhi, Renato, Boncompagni, Eric, Hérouart, Didier, Dall’Angelo, Sergio, Kondorosi, Eva, Zanda, Matteo, Mergaert, Peter, Ferguson, Gail P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186793/