Characterization of the E. coli glucose permease fused to the maltose-binding protein

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Aboulwafa, Mohammad ^a,b   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; IIGlc MBP; Recombinant protein fusion technology

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLGLUCOSIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE GLUCOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-GLUCOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 41949112412     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700263     Document Type: Article

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