The gene bglH present in the bgl operon of Escherichia coli, responsible for uptake and fermentation of β-glucosides encodes for a carbohydrate-specific outer membrane porin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 499-510

  Andersen, Christian ^a   Rak, Bodo ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUTIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLOBIOSE; GLUCOSIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SALICIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032945051     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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