Characterization of glycine betaine porter I from Listeria monocytogenes and its roles in salt and chill tolerance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 813-819

  Mendum, Mary Lou ^a   Smith, Linda Tombras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSITIVE IONS; SALTS; SODIUM;

OSMOTIC STRESS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; GLYCINE BETAINE PORTER I; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIETHYLGLYCINE; TRIGONELLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOLARITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BETAINE; COLD; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0036151838     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.2.813-819.2002     Document Type: Article

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