Diverse roles of the GlcP glucose permease in free-living and symbiotic cyanobacteria

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Picossi, Silvia ^a   Flores, Enrique ^a   Ekman, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthoceros punctatus; Chemotaxis; Cyanobacteria; GlcP; Nostoc punctiforme; Phylogeny; Sugar transporter; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-GLUCOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

CHEMOTAXIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUCOSE; NOSTOC; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84899156755     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.27416     Document Type: Article

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