Lipoprotein from the osmoregulated ABC transport system OpuA of Bacillus subtilis: Purification of the glycine betaine binding protein and characterization of a functional lipidless mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6213-6220

  Kempf, Bettina ^a   Gade, Jutta ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; LIPOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030809021     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6213-6220.1997     Document Type: Article

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