Xenopus laevis oocytes infected with multi-drug-resistant bacteria: Implications for electrical recordings

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-277

  O'Connell, Denice ^a   Mruk, Karen ^a   Rocheleau, Jessica M ^a,b   Kobertz, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMIKACIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79961103086     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110661     Document Type: Article

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