Controlled gene expression systems for lactic acid bacteria: Transferable nisin-inducible expression cassettes for Lactococcus, Leuconostoc, and Lactobacillus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4581-4584

  Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a   Beerthuyzen, Marke M ^a   Vaughan, Elaine E ^a,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030721749     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4581-4584.1997     Document Type: Article

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