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Lantibiotics: mode of action, biosynthesis and bioengineering.

G. Bierbaum, H. Sahl

2009CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

DOI: 10.2174/138920109787048616

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In vitro modification systems have successfully been used to introduce thioether rings into other biologically active peptides and at least one promising new lantibiotic with strong activity against multiresistant pathogens has been described.

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BIERBAUM, G.; SAHL, H. Lantibiotics: Mode of action, biosynthesis and bioengineering. CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2009, 10 1: 2–18.