Cloning and expression of the gene for the Na+-coupled serine transporter from Escherichia coli and characteristics of the transporter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6749-6752

  Ogawa, Wakano ^a   Kim, Young Mog ^a   Mizushima, Tohru ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomofusa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; SERINE; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

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

EID: 0032436625     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6749-6752.1998     Document Type: Article

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