Membrane topology of PssT, the transmembrane protein component of the type I exopolysaccharide transport system in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain TA1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2503-2511

  Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Król, Jarosław E ^a   Marczak, Małgorzata ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHOA; PROTEIN PSST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE 1 EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PERIPLASM; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037386447     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.8.2503-2511.2003     Document Type: Article

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