Role of Pseudomonas putida tol-oprL gene products in uptake of solutes through the cytoplasmic membrane

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4707-4716

  Llamas, María A ^a,d   Rodríguez Herva, José J ^a,c   Hancock, Robert E W ^b   Bitter, Wilbert ^c,d   Tommassen, Jan ^c   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRANSPORTER; FRUCTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; KANAMYCIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN PUTP; PROTEIN TOL OPRL; STREPTOMYCIN; SUCCINIC ACID; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPHEROPLAST; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0043062733     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4707-4716.2003     Document Type: Article

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