Analysis of the kefA2 mutation suggests that KefA is a cation-specific channel involved in osmotic adaptation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 521-536

  McLaggan, Debra ^a   Jones, Michael A ^a,c   Gouesbet, Gwenola ^a,d   Levina, Natasha ^a,e   Lindey, Susanna ^a,f   Epstein, Wolfgang ^b   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CATION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROLINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KEFA; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROLINE; TREHALOSE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036169863     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02764.x     Document Type: Article

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