Biochemical and biophysical studies on SilE from the sil silver resistance locus
Metal ions such as silver (Ag+), mercury (Hg2+), zinc (Zn2+) and copper (Cu+/Cu2+) have a long history of antimicrobial usage and some, such as Cu+/Cu2+, Ag+ and Zn2+ compounds are still used as antimicrobials. Prior to the introduction of antibiotics, Ag+ was arguably the most important antimicrobi...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39567/ |