Identification of an l-alanine export system in Escherichia coli and isolation and characterization of export-deficient mutants

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Hori, Hatsuhiro ^a   Ando, Tasuke ^a   Isogai, Emiko ^a   Yoneyama, Hiroshi ^a   Katsumata, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine auxotroph; Escherichia coli; L alanine export; Peptide sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXTRO ALANINE; DIPEPTIDE;

ALANINE EXPORT SYSTEM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79951774321     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02196.x     Document Type: Letter

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