Osmoprotection by carnitine in a Listeria monocytogenes mutant lacking the OpuC transporter: Evidence for a low affinity carnitine uptake system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-194

  Fraser, Katy R ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Compatible solute; Listeria monocytogenes; OpuC; Osmoprotection

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARNITINE; CYTOPROTECTION; GENE DELETION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOSIS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0037018880     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00673-0     Document Type: Article

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