Isolation and characterization of ButA, a secondary glycine betaine transport system operating in Tetragenococcus halophila

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-351

  Baliarda, Aurélie ^a   Robert, Hervé ^a,b   Jebbar, Mohamed ^c   Blanco, Carlos ^c   Le Marrec, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Parc Scientifique UNITEC 1 ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; PERMEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BUTA GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE BETAINE TRANSPORT SYSTEM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILA;

ACETOIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE; CREATININE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLUCURONIDASE; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOPHILA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; TETRAGENOCOCCUS; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS;

EID: 0042362173     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-4017-x     Document Type: Article

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