Molecular characterization of a stress-inducible gene from Lactobacillus helveticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6148-6153

  Smeds, Andréas ^a   Varmanen, Pekka ^c   Palva, Airi ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031752828     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6148-6153.1998     Document Type: Article

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