Catabolite repression in Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393 is mediated by CcpA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6657-6664

  Monedero, Vicente ^a   Gosalbes, María José ^a   Pérez Martínez, Gaspar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030660143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6657-6664.1997     Document Type: Article

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