Toxic effect of cysteine against Salmonella typhimurium.
Cysteine was shown to be toxic to Salmonella typhimurium. The mechanism of this toxicity may be due, at least in part, to cysteine's ability to cause deoxyribonucleic acid strand scissions.
D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D003545:Cysteine