Permeabilizing action of polyethyleneimine on Salmonella typhimurium involves disruption of the outer membrane and interactions with lipopolysaccharide

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Helander, Ilkka M ^a   Latva Kala, Kyösti ^a   Lounatmaa, Kari ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacteria; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane; Polyethyleneimine; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031933628     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-385     Document Type: Article

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