Characterization of a Sinorhizobium meliloti ATP-binding cassette histidine transporter also involved in betaine and proline uptake

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3717-3725

  Boncompagni, Eric ^a,b   Dupont, Laurence ^a   Mignot, Tam ^a   Osteras M ^a,c   Lambert, Annie ^a   Poggi, Marie Christine ^a   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETAINE; HISTIDINE; PROLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTIDINE BINDING PROTEIN; HISTIDINE-BINDING PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PROU PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROLINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033625362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3717-3725.2000     Document Type: Article

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