Transport of Magnesium by a Bacterial Nramp-Related Gene

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Shin, Jung Ho ^a   Wakeman, Catherine A ^b   Goodson, Jonathan R ^a   Rodionov, Dmitry A ^c,d   Freedman, Benjamin G ^e   Senger, Ryan S ^e   Winkler, Wade C ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; RIBOSWITCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NRAMP GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UPREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RIBOSWITCH;

EID: 84903462282     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004429     Document Type: Article

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