Protamine-induced permeabilization of cell envelopes of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1155-1159

  Johansen, Charlotte ^a,b   Verheul, Annette ^a   Gram, Lone ^c   Gill, Tom ^d   Abee, Tjakko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DIVALENT CATION; PROTAMINE;

ALKALINITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0031019137     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1155-1159.1997     Document Type: Article

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