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. 1977 Jun;11(6):1074–1076. doi: 10.1128/aac.11.6.1074

Double-Osmotic-Shock Procedure to Prepare Gentamicin Adenine Mononucleotide Transferase for the Enzymatic Assay of Gentamicin

J Dankert 1, J Woltjes 1
PMCID: PMC352133  PMID: 327923

Abstract

The release of gentamicin adenine mononucleotide transferase during single, cold, osmotic-shock treatment of Escherichia coli K-12 W677/HJR66 is not always maximal. The quantity of gentamicin adenine mononucleotide transferase in osmotic extracts could be significantly increased when a double-shock procedure was performed.

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