Adaptation of microorganisms and their transport systems to high temperatures

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-428

  Tolner, Berend ^a,b   Poolman, Bert ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation selectivity; Glutamate transport; Membranes; Thermophile; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031280402     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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