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The porin and the permeating antibiotic: a selective diffusion barrier in Gram-negative bacteria.
Nature reviews. Microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Pagès Jean-Marie, James Chloë E, Winterhalter Mathias
Abstract excerpt
Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for a large proportion of antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases. These bacteria have a complex cell envelope that comprises an outer membrane and an inner membrane that delimit the periplasm. The outer membrane contains various protein channels, called porins, which are involved in the influx of various compounds, including several classes of antibiotics. Bacterial...
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