Effects of acridines on bacterial plasmid replication and endotoxin

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 601-606

  Barbe, Jacques ^a,d   Mándi, Yvette ^b   Hevér, Anikó ^b   Petri, Ildiko ^c   Galy, Jean Pierre ^a   Molnár, Joseph ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institute of Microbiology   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Antiplasmid acridines; Endotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENDOTOXIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030451270     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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