Application of the extracellular α-amylase gene from Streptococcus bovis 148 to construction of a secretion vector for yogurt starter strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4593-4596

  Satoh, Eiichi ^a,b   Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sasaki, Yasuko ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^a  

^a MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030699070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4593-4596.1997     Document Type: Article

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