Halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica contains a betaine transporter active at alkaline pH and high salinity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6018-6026

  Laloknam, Surasak ^a   Tanaka, Kimihiro ^b   Buaboocha, Teerapong ^a   Waditee, Rungaroon ^b   Incharoensakdi, Aran ^a   Hibino, Takashi ^b   Tanaka, Yoshito ^b   Takabe, Teruhiro ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ALKALINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

BETAINE-CHOLINE-CARNITINE TRANSPORTER (BCCT); CYANOBACTERIA; METHYLATION; SALT STRESS TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; BETAINE ALDEHYDE; BETAINE TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE; COTRANSPORTER; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; FRESH WATER; GLYCINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN BETT; PROTEIN OPUD; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE; SEA WATER; SODIUM BETAINE COTRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINE WATER; ALKALOID; CYANOBACTERIUM; PROTEIN; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; APHANOTHECE HALOPHYTICA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BETT GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAINE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

APHANOTHECE HALOPHYTICA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33748760311     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00733-06     Document Type: Article

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