Use of phoA and lacZ fusions to study the membrane topology of ProW, a component of the osmoregulated ProU transport system of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5370-5381

  Haardt, Martin ^a,c   Bremer, Erhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SPHEROPLAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029810929     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5370-5381.1996     Document Type: Article

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