Functional identification of the hypoxanthine/guanine transporters YjcD and YgfQ and the adenine transporters PurP and YicO of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 52, 2013, Pages 36827-36840

  Papakostas, Konstantinos ^a   Botou, Maria ^a   Frillingos, Stathis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12; FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION; GENES ENCODE; HIGH AFFINITY; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORTER GENES;

GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

1 METHYLGUANINE; 2,6 DIAMINOPURINE; 8 AZAGUANINE; ADENINE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; HYPOXANTHINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; N6 BENZOYLADENINE; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORTER; PURINE DERIVATIVE; TIOGUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURP GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UACT GENE; XANQ GENE; YGFQ GENE; YICO GENE; YJCD GENE;

EID: 84891472551     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.523340     Document Type: Article

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