ABC-type amino acid uptake transporters Bgt and N-II of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 share an ATPase subunit and are expressed in vegetative cells and heterocysts

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1067-1080

  Pernil, Rafael ^a   Picossi, Silvia ^a   Mariscal, Vicente ^a   Herrero, Antonia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BGT PROTEIN; BGTA PROTEIN; BGTB PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N 2 PROTEIN; NATF PROTEIN; NATG PROTEIN; NATH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 38849199222     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06107.x     Document Type: Article

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