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Paraquat toxicity is increased in Escherichia coli defective in the synthesis of polyamines.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Apr 1990
Minton K W, Tabor H, Tabor C W
Abstract excerpt
We have shown that toxicity of paraquat for Escherichia coli is increased over 10-fold in strains defective in the biosynthesis of spermidine compared to isogenic strains containing spermidine. The increased sensitivity of these spermidine-deficient mutants to paraquat is eliminated by growth in medium containing spermidine or by endogenous supplementation of spermidine by the use of a speE+D+ plasmid. No...
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