Antimicrobial mechanism of action of transferrins: Selective inhibition of H+-ATPase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4335-4342

  Andrés, María T ^a   Fierro, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROPHENOLINDOPHENOL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; APOTRANSFERRIN; LACTOFERRIN; PROTON; TRANSFERRIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

2,6-DICHLOROINDOPHENOL; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 77957373613     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01620-09     Document Type: Article

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