Intracellular pH is a major factor in the induction of tolerance to acid and other stresses in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4210-4215

  O'Sullivan, Eilís ^a   Condon, Séamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PH; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

EID: 0030691917     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4210-4215.1997     Document Type: Article

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