Suppression of sensitivity to drugs and antibiotics by high external cation concentrations in fission yeast.

Potassium ion homeostasis plays an important role in regulating membrane potential and therefore resistance to cations, antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and other yeasts. However, the precise relationship between drug resistance in S. pombe and external potassium...

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Main Authors: John P Alao, Andrea M Weber, Aidin Shabro, Per Sunnerhagen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368599?pdf=render