The ABC maltose transporter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 685-694

  Ehrmann, Michael ^a   Ehrle, Rainer ^a   Hofmann, Eckhard ^a   Boos, Winfried ^a   Schlösser, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MALTOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MALTOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031880534     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00915.x     Document Type: Review

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