The Lactobacillus acidophilus S-layer protein gene expression site comprises two consensus promoter sequences, one of which directs transcription of stable mRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5388-5394

  Boot, Hein J ^a,c   Kolen, Carin P A M ^a   Andreadaki, Fotini J ^a   Leer, Rob J ^b   Pouwels, Peter H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0029812726     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5388-5394.1996     Document Type: Article

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