A new type of transporter with a new type of cellular function: L-lysine export from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 815-826

  Vrljic, Marina ^a   Sahm, Hermann ^a   Eggeling, Lothar ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0029818343     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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