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ALBERT et al.1 have proved the existence of a definite competition between hydrogen ions and acridine ions for the same position on an enzyme surface, which should be a negatively charged point on the bacterial surface. According to these authors, this point might be, for example, the dissociating acidic group of a respiratory enzyme.
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MASSART, L., VAN DER STOCK, J. Antagonism between Trypaflavine and Cations. Nature 165, 852–853 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165852a0
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