Arginine-Agmatine Antiporter in Extreme Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6556-6561

  Iyer, Ram ^a   Williams, Carole ^a   Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID; ANTIPORTER; ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTIPORTERS; ARGININE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242659209     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6556-6561.2003     Document Type: Article

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