Lactobacilli carry cryptic genes encoding peptidase-related proteins: Characterization of a prolidase gene (pepQ) and a related cryptic gene (orfZ) from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3899-3905

  Rantanen, Terhi ^a,b   Palva, Airi ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus; pepQ; Peptidase; Prolidase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE DIPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031436821     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3899     Document Type: Article

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