The lactose transporter in Leuconostoc lactis is a new member of the LacS subfamily of galactoside-pentose-hexuronide translocators

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1574-1582

  Vaughan, Elaine E ^a   David, Silke ^a,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; LEUCONOSTOC; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LEUCONOSTOC LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030012759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1574-1582.1996     Document Type: Article

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