The Gene yjcG, Cotranscribed with the Gene acs, Encodes an Acetate Permease in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6448-6455

  Gimenez, Rosa ^a   Nuñez, María Felisa ^a   Badia, Josefa ^a   Aguilar, Juan ^a   Baldoma, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COTRANSPORTER; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOLIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; PERMEASE; SODIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE ACS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE YJCG; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETATES; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLATES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; OPERON; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 10744225021     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.21.6448-6455.2003     Document Type: Article

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