Porins are required for uptake of phosphates by Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2435-2442

  Wolschendorf, Frank ^a   Mahfoud, Maysa ^b   Niederweis, Michael ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; PHOSPHATE; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHOSPHATES; PORINS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947132562     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01600-06     Document Type: Article

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