Uncoupling of choline-O-sulphate utilization from osmoprotection in Pseudomonas putida

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1643-1654

  Galvão, Teca Calcagno ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a   Cánovas, David ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETAINE; CARBON; CHOLINE; CHOLINE SULFATASE; NITROGEN; SULFATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BETC GENE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALT TOLERANCE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CHOLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERON; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATASES; SULFATES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33751367679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05488.x     Document Type: Article

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