Cloning of the Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, encoding a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, by complementation of a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3049-3055

  Arnau, José ^a   Jørgensen, Flemming ^a   Madsen, Søren M ^a   Vrang, Astrid ^a   Israelsen, Hans ^a  

^a Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031777832     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3049-3055.1998     Document Type: Article

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