Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: Characterization of OpuD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5071-5079

  Kappes, Rainer M ^a,b   Kempf, Bettina ^a,b   Bremer, Erhard ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; OPUA;

EID: 0029812908     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5071-5079.1996     Document Type: Article

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