The physiological contribution of Acinetobacter PcaK, a transport system that acts upon protocatechuate, can be masked by the overlapping specificity of VanK

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3505-3515

  D'Argenio, David A ^a   Segura, Ana ^a,b   Coco, Wayne M ^a,c   Bünz, Patricia V ^a,d   Ornston, L Nicholas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Energy BioSystems Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033000387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3505-3515.1999     Document Type: Article

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