Osmotically Induced Excretion of Putrescine by Mutants of Escherichia coli Defective in Potassium Transport
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 116 (1) , 488-90
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.116.1.488-490.1973
Abstract
Escherichia coli is known to excrete putrescine rapidly after a sudden elevation in the osmolarity of the medium. We report here that mutants defective in the transport of potassium ions display a greatly diminished rate of [ 14 C]putrescine excretion.Keywords
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