Characterization of a novel transporter family that includes multiple Escherichia coli gluconate transporters and their homologues

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Peekhaus, Norbert ^a   Tong, Suxiang ^b   Reizer, Jonathon ^c   Saier Jr , Milton H ^c   Murray, Elizabeth ^a   Conway, Tyrrell ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; gluconate metabolism; transport family

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCONATE PERMEASE; PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCONATES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031056355     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00532-0     Document Type: Article

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