The Roles and Regulation of Potassium in Bacteria

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2003, Pages 293-320

  Epstein, Wolfgang ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BACTERIUM; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PH; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 1542570529     PISSN: 00796603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(03)75008-9     Document Type: Review

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