Expression of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli growing at acid pH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 943-947

  Sato, Mikiko ^a   Machida, Kazuhiro ^a   Arikado, Eri ^a   Saito, Hiromi ^a   Kakegawa, Tomohito ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PORINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034054685     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.943-947.2000     Document Type: Article

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