The ATP binding cassette (ABC) transport systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-467

  Braibant, Martine ^a   Gilot, Philippe ^a   Content, Jean ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette transporter; Exporter; Genome; Importer; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Permease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PERMEASE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANION TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; IRON TRANSPORT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033819143     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00034-6     Document Type: Review

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