A multifaceted role for polyamines in bacterial pathogens

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-16

  Shah, Pratik ^a   Swiatlo, Edwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; CADAVERINE; HYDROCARBON; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCATION; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ACIDITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY;

APOPTOSIS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADAVERINE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHAGOSOMES; POLYAMINES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40549096043     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06126.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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