The gusBC genes of Escherichia coli encode a glucuronide transport system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2377-2385

  Liang, Wei Jun ^a,b   Wilson, Kate J ^c   Xie, Hao ^a   Knol, Jan ^e   Suzuki, Shun'ichi ^a   Rutherford, Nicholas G ^a   Henderson, Peter J F ^a   Jefferson, Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d Cambia   (Australia)

^e Groningen Biomol Sci Biotech I ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIDE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GLUCURONIDATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCURONIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 15244353230     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2377-2385.2005     Document Type: Article

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