Lantibiotics and Related Peptides

In the last 10 years a proliferation of information concerning the lantibiotics and related peptide antibiotics has come to the fore. This is the first book to summarize this information comprehensively and concisely. Unlike other reviews, which consider the lantibiotics in isolation, this book brin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jack, Ralph W., Bierbaum, Gabriele (Author), Sahl, Hans-Georg (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Biotechnology Intelligence Unit
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:In the last 10 years a proliferation of information concerning the lantibiotics and related peptide antibiotics has come to the fore. This is the first book to summarize this information comprehensively and concisely. Unlike other reviews, which consider the lantibiotics in isolation, this book brings together for the first time the concepts and interrelationships between lantibiotics and other antibiotics, bacteriocins and antimicrobial peptides. This conceptualization should stimulate new ideas, discussion and research in many areas of antibiotic research
Physical Description:XI, 224 p. 79 illus., 3 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783662082393