Role of the nhaC-encoded Na+/H+ antiporter of alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3851-3857

  Ito, Masahiro ^a   Guffanti, Arthur A ^a   Zemsky, Jennifer ^a   Ivey, D Mack ^a,c   Krulwich, Terry A ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0030987362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3851-3857.1997     Document Type: Article

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