How bacteria protect themselves against channel-forming colicins

International Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-88

  Alonso, Giiillerniina ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COLICIN; COLICIN RECEPTOR, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TELLURIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; R FACTOR; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COLICINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; R FACTORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TELLURIUM;

EID: 0034201475     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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