Biochemical evidence against protein-mediated uptake of myristic acid in the bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio harveyi

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 933-939

  Byers, David M ^a   Shen, Zhiwei ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Fatty acid transport; Lipid metabolism; Tritium suicide; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; LIGHT EMISSION; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOCHEMICAL STRATEGIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

11 BROMOUNDECANOATE; ALDEHYDE; DECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LIPID A; MYRISTIC ACID; NITROSOGUANIDINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNTHESIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MUTATION; MYRISTIC ACIDS; NITROSOGUANIDINES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; VIBRIO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036780334     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-092     Document Type: Article

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