Chill activation of compatible solute transporters in Corynebacterium glutamicum at the level of transport activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4752-4759

  Özcan, Nuran ^a   Krämer, Reinhard ^a   Morbach, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 21844460765     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4752-4759.2005     Document Type: Article

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