The γ-aminobutyrate permease GabP serves as the third proline transporter of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 515-526

  Zaprasis, Adrienne ^a   Hoffmann, Tamara ^a   Stannek, Lorena ^b   Gunka, Katrin ^b   Commichau, Fabian M ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; NITROGEN; PERMEASE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; KINETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 84892401833     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01128-13     Document Type: Article

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