The effect of parabens on DNA, RNA and protein synthesis in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 54 (2) , 237-242
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1983.tb02612.x
Abstract
The effect of methyl, propyl and butyl esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid on DNA and RNA synthesis was tested in toluenized cells of E coli and B. subtilis. Both RNA and DNA synthesis of these bacteria were inhibited. The inhibitory concentrations were higher than those previously reported for growth inhibition. Protein synthesis in cell-free extracts (S-30 fraction) of B. subtilis was even more sensitive to parabens than DNA and RNA synthesis; protein synthesis in E. coli was largely unaffected.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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