The light-driven proton pump proteorhodopsin enhances bacterial survival during tough times

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  DeLong, Edward F ^a   Béjà, Oded ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTEORHODOPSIN; PROTON PUMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHORHODOPSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STARVATION; VIBRIO; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; LIGHT; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PROTON PUMPS; RHODOPSIN; SEAWATER;

EID: 77951701764     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000359     Document Type: Article

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