Isolation and characterization of a mutation that alters the substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli glucose permease

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 940-942

  Begley, G S ^a   Warner, K A ^a   Arents, J C ^b   Postma, P W ^b   Jacobson, G R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PERMEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030068018     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.940-942.1996     Document Type: Article

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