Regulation and properties of PstSCAB, a high-affinity, high-velocity phosphate transport system of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1089-1102

  Yuan, Ze Chun ^a   Zaheer, Rahat ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA; PHOSPHATE; RNA;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOCDET GENE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSTSCAB GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 31344431823     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1089-1102.2006     Document Type: Article

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