Characterization of glucose-specific catabolite repression-resistant mutants of Bacillus subtilis: Identification of a novel hexose:H+ symporter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 498-504

  Paulsen, Ian T ^a,b   Chauvaux, Sylvie ^a,c   Choi, Peter ^a   Saier Jr, Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0031935564     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.498-504.1998     Document Type: Article

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