The presence of two S-layer-protein-encoding genes is conserved among species related to Lactobacillus acidophilus

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2375-2384

  Boot, Hein J ^a   Kolen, Carin P A M ^a   Pot, Bruno ^b   Kersters, Karel ^b   Pouwels, Peter H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; S layer variation; S protein; SDS PAGE identification; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILENT GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII;

EID: 0029785379     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2375     Document Type: Article

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