In vivo effects of porphyrins on bacteri
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Uri Nir; Hava Ladan; Zvi Malik; Yeshayahu Nitzan
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The DNA damage in intact Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli cells induced by photosensitized deuteroporphyrin or hemin is described. Treatment of S. aureus cultures with hemin or photosensitized deuteroporphyrin (Dp) caused time-dependent changes in the plasmidial DNA profiles. The major observation