Regulation of expression of the Lactobacillus pentosus xylAB operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5391-5397

  Lokman, B Christien ^a   Heerikhuisen, Margreet ^a   Leer, Rob J ^a   Van Den Broek, Anniek ^a   Borsboom, Yvonne ^a   Chaillou, Stéphane ^a,b   Postma, Pieter W ^b   Pouwels, Peter H ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS;

EID: 0030931978     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5391-5397.1997     Document Type: Article

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