Polyamines decrease Escherichia coli outer membrane permeability

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3715-3721

  Dela Vega, Ana L ^a   Delcour, Anne H ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CADAVERINE; CEFALORIDINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYAMINE; PORIN; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8944248272     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3715-3721.1996     Document Type: Article

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