Mechanism of osmotic activation of the quaternary ammonium compound transporter (QacT) of Lactobacillus plantarum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5540-5546

  Glaasker, Erwin ^a   Heuberger, Esther H M L ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a   Poolman, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORPROMAZINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0031740896     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5540-5546.1998     Document Type: Article

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