Loss of plasmid-mediated oligopeptide transport system in lactococci: Another reason for slow milk coagulation

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Yu, Weizhu ^a   Gillies, Kevin ^b   Kondo, Jeffery K ^c   Broadbent, Jeffery R ^d   Mckay, Larry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Rhone Poulenc   (United States)

^c Prod and Proc Devmt Cultures Grp   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030152590     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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