Protein ProQ influences osmotic activation of compatible solute transporter ProP in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1537-1543

  Kunte, H Jörg ^a,b   Crane, Rebecca A ^a   Culham, Doreen E ^a   Richmond, Deborah ^a,c   Wood, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033057057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1537-1543.1999     Document Type: Article

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