Understanding gold toxicity in aerobically-grown Escherichia coli.
C Muñoz-VillagránF ContrerasF CornejoM FigueroaD Valenzuela-BezanillaR LuraschiC ReinosoJ Rivas-PardoC VásquezM CastroFelipe A ArenasPublished in: Biological research (2020)
Au3+ is toxic for E. coli because it triggers an unbalance of the bacterium's oxidative status. This was demonstrated by using oxidative stress dyes and antioxidant chemicals as well as gene reporters, RSH concentrations and AuNS generation.
Keyphrases
- oxidative stress
- escherichia coli
- diabetic rats
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- copy number
- dna damage
- induced apoptosis
- genome wide
- sensitive detection
- biofilm formation
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- genome wide identification
- reduced graphene oxide
- heat shock
- gene expression
- plant growth
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- dna methylation
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- visible light
- signaling pathway