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ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MURINE SPLEEN CELL EXTRACT
Author(s) -
Flower RLP,
Turner KJ,
Alpers MP
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1978.67
Subject(s) - spleen , spheroplast , thymidine , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , peptide , cell , chemistry , viable count , biology , biochemistry , immunology , in vitro , gene , fermentation
Summary Exposure to a peptide extract from murine spleen reduced the viable count of E. coli and E . coli spheroplasts. The reduction in viable count was reflected by reduced incorporation of radiolabelled thymidine and was apparently due to a loss of the ability of treated organisms to divide.