Two evolutionarily closely related ABC transporters mediate the uptake of choline for synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-216

  Kappes, Rainer M ^a   Kempf, Bettina ^d   Kneip, Susanne ^d   Boch, Jens ^b   Gade, Jutta ^d   Meier Wagner, Jana ^c   Bremer, Erhard ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALDEHYDE; BETAINE; CARBON 14; CHOLINE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CROSS REACTION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032940227     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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