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Abstract
Procaine and tetracaine reversibly inhibit transformation by preventing the transient expression of competence-specific, inducible functions, which are usually triggered in response to cellular stimulation with competence protein. Affinity studies with 14C-labeled procaine showed that the anesthetic bound to cell surface macromolecules specifically in the initiation phases of competence-specific events and blocked transfer of information imparted by cellular membrane receptor(s) upon interaction with competence protein.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6619099 PMCID: PMC215107 DOI: 10.1128/jb.156.1.450-454.1983
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490