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Polyamine stress at high pH in Escherichia coli K-12

BACKGROUND: Polyamines such as spermine and spermidine are required for growth of Escherichia coli; they interact with nucleic acids, and they bind to ribosomes. Polyamines block porins and decrease membrane permeability, activities that may protect cells in acid. At high concentrations, however, po...

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Autores principales: Yohannes, Elizabeth, Thurber, Amy E, Wilks, Jessica C, Tate, Daniel P, Slonczewski, Joan L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1274320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16223443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-5-59