Sequence analysis and functional studies of a chromosomal region of alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4 encoding an ABC-type transporter with similarity of sequence and Na+ exclusion capacity to the Bacillus subtilis NatAB transporter.

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Published in Extremophiles on May 01, 1999

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Y Wei1, A A Guffanti, T A Krulwich

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.

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