High-affinity maltose binding and transport by the thermophilic anaerobe Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 995-1000

  Jones, C R ^a   Ray, M ^a   Dawson, K A ^a   Strobel, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLOSE; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; STARCH; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; GRAM-POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS RODS, IRREGULAR; HEAT; MALTOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRISACCHARIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS;

EID: 0034050554     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.995-1000.2000     Document Type: Article

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