The riminophenazines, clofazimine and B669, inhibit potassium transport in Gram-positive bacteria by a lysophospholipid-dependent mechanism

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-362

  De Bruyn, Engela E ^a   Steel, Helen C ^a   Van Rensburg, Constance E J ^a   Anderson, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 ANILINO 2 CYCLOHEXYLIMINO 2,10 DIHYDRO 10 PHENYLPHENAZINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CLOFAZIMINE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM 42; RUBIDIUM 86;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLOFAZIMINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MUTATION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029823123     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.3.349     Document Type: Article

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