Three transporters mediate uptake of glycine betaine and carnitine by Listeria monocytogenes in response to hyperosmotic stress

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1013-1022

  Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a   Smith, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE BETAINE PORTER I PROTEIN; GLYCINE BETAINE PORTER II PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; HYPEROSMOLARITY; ION TRANSPORT; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; STEADY STATE;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037313064     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.1013-1022.2003     Document Type: Article

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