The twin arginine transport system appears to be essential for viability in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5173-5180

  Pickering, Brad S ^a   Oresnik, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATOR GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TWIN ARGININE TRANSPORT SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77957331322     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00206-10     Document Type: Article

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