Two closely related ABC transporters in Streptococcus mutans are involved in disaccharide and/or oligosaccharide uptake

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-178

  Webb, Alexander J ^a   Homer, Karen A ^a   Hosie, Arthur H F ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORTER; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOTRIOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN MALXFGK; PROTEIN MSMEFGK; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MALK GENE; MSME GENE; MSMK GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DISACCHARIDES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 37549046795     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01509-07     Document Type: Article

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