Functional analysis of promoters in the nisin gene cluster of Lactococcus lactis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3434-3439

  De Ruyter, Pascalle G G A ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Beerthuyzen, Marke M ^a   Van Alen Boerrigter, Ingrid ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; NISIN;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029950513     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3434-3439.1996     Document Type: Article

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