The ascorbate transporter of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2243-2250

  Zhang, Zhongge ^a   Aboulwafa, Mohammad ^a,b   Smith, Meghan H ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037378580     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2243-2250.2003     Document Type: Article

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