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Identification of opuC as a chill-activated and osmotically activated carnitine transporter in Listeria monocytogenes.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2002
Angelidis Apostolos S, Smith Linda Tombras, Hoffman Les M, Smith Gary M
Abstract excerpt
The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is notable for its ability to grow under osmotic stress and at low temperatures. It is known to accumulate the compatible solutes glycine betaine and carnitine from the medium in response to osmotic or chill stress, and this accumulation confers tolerance to these stresses. Two permeases that transport glycine betaine have been identified, both of which are activated...
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