PorA represents the major cell wall channel of the gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4779-4786

  Costa Riu, Noelia ^a   Burkovski, Andreas ^b   Krämer, Reinhard ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PORIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE DELETION; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0043062677     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4779-4786.2003     Document Type: Article

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