Mutational analysis and properties of the msbA gene of Escherichia coli, coding for an essential ABC family transporter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1221-1233

  Polissi, Alessandra ^a,b   Georgopoulos, Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029899662     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02642.x     Document Type: Article

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