Cloning, expression, and chromosomal stabilization of the Propionibacterium shermanii proline iminopeptidase gene (pip) for food-grade application in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4736-4742

  Leenhouts, Kees ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Boot, Johan ^b   Deutz, Inge ^b   Toonen, Marjolein ^b   Venema, Gerard ^a   Kok, Jan ^a   Ledeboer, Aat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SHERMANII;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII SUBSP. SHERMANII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM SHERMANII; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031767739     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4736-4742.1998     Document Type: Article

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