The Effect of Osmotic Shock on Release of Bacterial Proteins and on Active Transport

Osmotic shock is a procedure in which Gram-negative bacteria are treated as follows. First they are suspended in 0.5 M sucrose containing ethylenediaminetetraacetate. After removal of the sucrose by centrifugation, the pellet of cells is rapidly dispersed in cold, very dilute, MgCl2. This causes the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heppel, Leon A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1969
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225902/