Proline betaine uptake in Sinorhizobium meliloti: Characterization of Prb, an Opp-like ABC transporter regulated by both proline betaine and salinity stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6308-6317

  Alloing, Geneviève ^a   Travers, Isabelle ^a   Sagot, Brice ^a   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^a   Dupont, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMPICILLIN; BETAINE; CARBON; CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROGEN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE PERMEASE; PROLINE BETAINE; PROTEIN BETS; PROTEIN HUT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETS GENE; CELL PROTECTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PRB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT STRESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BETAINE; CHOLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROLINE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33748995388     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00585-06     Document Type: Article

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