i'm currently dealing with infection of human cell line using pathogenic bacteria. i've read in some journal that aminoglycoside antibiotics are unable to penetrate eukaryotic cell membranes. however, the tetracyclin i'm using now is not fr aminoglycoside. so i was wondering if tetracyclin able to penetrate cells membrane.
2006-06-19 13:58:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
tetracyclin inhibits translation, i don't think it's able to penetrate eukaryotic cells, because it would inhibit translation in them as well.
2006-06-19 15:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hai, its Evelyn here. thanks for the answer. but is it possible tetracyclin can enter the cell (even though it couldn't inhibit the translation)? i need to plate the cell lysate to see how many bacteria invade into cells. but if tetracyclin can somehow enter the cell, i will kill the bacteria inside cells. then the bacteria released from the cells will be less then expected.
2006-06-19 15:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by june81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That might be something for you to research. I don't think that CCl4 would penetrate, or the FDA wouldn't have approved it for consumption. But, maybe CCl4 is not PERMITTED anymore? I was given CCl4 as a bo, to obsorb excess spinal fluid. It made ME BETTER!!
2006-07-02 07:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋