Survival during exposure to the electrophilic reagent N-ethylmaleimide in Escherichia coli: Role of KefB and KefC potassium channels

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1007-1012

  Ferguson, G P ^a   Nikolaev, Y ^a,b   McLaggan, D ^a   Maclean, M ^a   Booth, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031049947     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1007-1012.1997     Document Type: Article

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