Gbu glycine betaine porter and carnitine uptake in osmotically stressed Listeria monocytogenes cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5647-5655

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOSIS; PROTEINS;

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN GBU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PATHOGEN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHOLINE UPTAKE; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036841846     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5647-5655.2002     Document Type: Article

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