Abstract:The phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) is involved in the transport and concentration of various carbohydrates across the plasma membrane of certain bacterial'.Since it is absent from eukaryotic cells, blockage of the PTS has been suggested as a potentially selective chemotherapeutic objective". The present study was undertaken to assess this possibili- The S. typhimurium strains used were the ptsHl deletion mutants SB2309 and SB2950, and the parent strain trpB22331. These cultures were … Show more
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