Controlled gene expression systems for Lactococcus lactis with the food- grade inducer nisin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3662-3667

  De Ruyter, Pascalle G G A ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029757175     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3662-3667.1996     Document Type: Article

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