Xylose transport by the anaerobic thermophile Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus and the characterization of a D-xylose-binding protein

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 295-300

  Erbeznik, Milutin ^a   Ray, Myrna ^a   Dawson, Karl A ^a   Strobel, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON 14; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; OCTYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS;

EID: 0031671949     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900381     Document Type: Article

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