Intra- and Extracellular β-Galactosidases from Bifidobacterium bifidum and B. infantis: Molecular Cloning, Heterologous Expression, and Comparative Characterization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2276-2283

  Møller, Peter L ^a,b   Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Hansen, Ole C ^a   Madsen, Søren M ^a   Stougaard, Peter ^a  

^a Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0009208909     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2276-2283.2001     Document Type: Article

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