Glutathione facilitates antibiotic resistance and photosystem I stability during exposure to gentamicin in cyanobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3547-3550

  Cameron, Jeffrey C ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHOTOSYSTEM I; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENTAMICINS; GLUTATHIONE; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 79958231364     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02542-10     Document Type: Note

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