Sequence analysis and functional studies of a chromosomal region of alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus 0F4 encoding an ABC-type transporter with similarity of sequence and Na+ exclusion capacity to the Bacillus subtilis NatAB transporter

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Wei, Yi ^a   Guffanti, Arthur A ^a   Krulwich, Terry Ann ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Alkaliphile; Bacillus firmus; malK; Na+ extrusion; NatCAB

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLONED GENE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA PROBE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033136106     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050106     Document Type: Article

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