Purification, properties and physiological regulation of a putative outer-membrane porin for methanol in Methylophilus methylotrophus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Greenwood, Jacqueline A ^a   Mills, James ^a   Jones, Colin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Methanol porin; Methylophilus methylotrophus; Outer membrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0030814412     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00254-1     Document Type: Article

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