Article
Damage to the plasma membrane in Escherichia coli K-12 induced by far-ultraviolet radiation and its repair.
Radiation research - 1 Aug 1991
Mody R, Mody B, Dave P
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli cells treated with low fluences of far-uv radiation (up to 90 J/m2) showed repairable damage to the plasma membrane. The loss of the ability of the cells to exclude citrate was evident from the respiratory stimulation of irradiated cells when citrate was provided exogenously. This loss of a barrier was a result of a structural disorganization of the plasma membrane as seen by freeze-etching...
Topics
- Cell Membrane
- Citrates
- Citric Acid
- Escherichia coli
- Membrane Proteins
- Phenotype
- Ultraviolet Rays
