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Methyl-α-D-glucoside uptake and splitting by a thermophilic bacillus

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THE presence and properties of a phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)-dependent phosphotransferase system in a thermophilic bacillus has been described recently by Harris and Kornberg. The formation of the glucose and methyl-α-D-glucoside (αMG) uptake and phosphorylation is induced by glucose1.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    J. REIZER, BARBARA THALENFELD & N. GROSSOWICZ

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REIZER, J., THALENFELD, B. & GROSSOWICZ, N. Methyl-α-D-glucoside uptake and splitting by a thermophilic bacillus. Nature 260, 433–435 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260433a0

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