KtrAB and KtrCD: Two K+ uptake systems in Bacillus subtilis and their role in adaptation to hypertonicity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1289-1298

  Holtmann, Gudrun ^a   Bakker, Evert P ^b   Uozumi, Nobuyuki ^c   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KTRAB PROTEIN; KTRCD PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PLASMID DNA; POTASSIUM ION; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR 35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ION TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; KTRA GENE; KTRB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POTASSIUM; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OPUA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0037312744     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1289-1298.2003     Document Type: Article

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