Amino acid transport and metabolism in mycobacteria: Cloning, interruption, and characterization of an L-arginine/γ-aminobutyric acid permease in Mycobacterium bovis BCG

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 919-927

  Seth, Anjali ^a   Connell, Nancy D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ARGININE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DELETION MUTANT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033973240     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.919-927.2000     Document Type: Article

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