Cloning and transcriptional analysis of two threonine biosynthetic genes from Lactococcus lactis MG1614

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3689-3694

  Madsen, SØren M ^a,c   Albrechtsen, Bjarne ^b,d   Hansen, Egon B ^b   Israelien, Hans ^a  

^a Biotechnological Institute   (Denmark)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^c Bldg 227 ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; HOMOSERINE KINASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029884411     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3689-3694.1996     Document Type: Article

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