Protection of the DNA during the exposure of Escherichia coli cells to a toxic metabolite: The role of the KefB and KefC potassium channels

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-122

  Ferguson, Gail P ^a,d   Battista, John R ^b   Annettee, T Lee ^c   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PICOWER INST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METHYLGLYOXAL; PLASMID DNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTERS; PYRUVALDEHYDE;

EID: 0033981568     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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