Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-484

  Quentin, Yves ^a   Fichant, Gwennaele ^a   Denizot, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Bacillus subtilis; Evolution; Genomes; Multiprotein complex

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033515437     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2624     Document Type: Article

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