Divalent CATIONS (Mg2+, Ca2+) protect bacterial outer membrane damage by polymyxin B

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Sahalan, Ahmad Zorin ^a   Abd Aziz, Abdul Hamid ^a   Lian, Hing Hiang ^a   Abd Ghani, Mohamed Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Divalent cation; E.coli; Magnesium; Polymyxin B

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CALCIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME; INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84874168959     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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