Isolation of the putP gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum and characterization of a low-affinity uptake system for compatible solutes

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-151

  Peter, Heidi ^a   Bader, Andrea ^a   Burkovski, Andreas ^a   Lambert, Camille ^a   Krämer, Reinhard ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Osmoregulation; Proline transport; PutP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLINE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030852236     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050480     Document Type: Article

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