Autolysis of Lactococcus lactis caused by induced overproduction of its major autolysin, AcmA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2722-2728

  Buist, Girbe ^a   Karsens, Harma ^a   Nauta, Arjen ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a,b   Venema, Gerard ^a   Kok, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030814446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2722-2728.1997     Document Type: Article

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