Subcellular Min oscillations as a single-cell reporter of the action of polycations, protamine, and gentamicin on Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Downing, Benjamin P B ^a,b   Rutenberg, Andrew D ^a   Touhami, Ahmed ^a,c   Jericho, Manfred ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MIND PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MIND PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM; CATIONS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENTAMICINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PROTAMINES;

EID: 70349694042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007285     Document Type: Article

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