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amino-acid betaine transport

Known as: betaine transport 
The directed movement of betaine, the N-trimethyl derivative of an amino acid, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Fatty acid membrane composition and activation of glycine-betaine transport in Lactococcus lactis subjected to osmotic stress.
Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris NCDO763 accumulates glycine-betaine (betaine) when submitted to an osmotic stress with NaCl… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of OpuD.
The accumulation of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine from exogenous sources provides a high degree of osmotic tolerance to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
OpuA, an osmotically regulated binding protein-dependent transport system for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in Bacillus subtilis.
Exogenously provided glycine betaine can efficiently protect Bacillus subtilis from the detrimental effects of high osmolarity… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Glycine betaine uptake after hyperosmotic shift in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Osmoregulatory uptake of glycine betaine in whole cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 (wild type) was studied. The… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Glycine betaine confers enhanced osmotolerance and cryotolerance on Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive food-borne pathogen that is notably resistant to osmotic stress and can grow at… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cloning of a Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent betaine transporter that is regulated by hypertonicity.
Many hypertonic bacteria, plants, marine animals, and the mammalian renal medulla are protected from the deleterious effects of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A physiological role for DNA supercoiling in the osmotic regulation of gene expression in S. typhimurium and E. coli
The proU locus encodes an osmotically inducible glycine betaine transport system that is important in the adaptation to osmotic… Expand
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Osmotic regulation of transcription: induction of the proU betaine transport gene is dependent on accumulation of intracellular potassium.
The proU locus, which encodes a high-affinity betaine transport system, and the kdp operon, which encodes a potassium transport… Expand
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Osmoregulation of gene expression in Salmonella typhimurium: proU encodes an osmotically induced betaine transport system.
Previous evidence has indicated that a gene, proU, is involved in the response of bacterial cells to growth at high osmolarity… Expand
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Glycine betaine transport in Escherichia coli: osmotic modulation.
Exogenous glycine betaine highly stimulates the growth rate of various members of the Enterobacteriaceae, including Escherichia… Expand
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