Cloning of a gene encoding nisin resistance from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis M189 which is transcribed from an extended -10 promoter

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-73

  Liu, Chun Qiang ^a   Harvey, Melissa L ^a,b   Dunn, Noel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Mauri Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactococcal promoter; Lactococcus lactis; Nisin resistance

Indexed keywords

NISIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FELIS CATUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030854177     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.67     Document Type: Article

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