Stable expression of the lysostaphin gene in meat lactobacilli by introducing deletions within the prosequence

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-27

  Cavadini, Christoph ^a,b   Hertel, Christian ^a   Hammes, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food hygiene; Heterologous gene expression; Lysostaphin; Meat starter organisms; Staphylococcal food poisoning

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; LYSOSTAPHIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS; MEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029919350     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(96)80004-x     Document Type: Article

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