A family of Gram-negative bacterial outer membrane factors that function in the export of proteins, carbohydrates, drugs and heavy metals from Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Paulsen, Ian T ^a   Park, Jay H ^a   Choi, Peter S ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active export; Beta barrel; Complex carbohydrate; Drug; Gram negative bacteria; Heavy metal; Outer membrane; Protein; Transport

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DRUG; HEAVY METAL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031278034     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00379-0     Document Type: Review

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