Cloning and expression of the Lactococcus lactis purDEK genes, required for growth in milk

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4321-4327

  Nilsson, Dan ^a   Kilstrup, Mogens ^b  

^a CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MILK; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031790151     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4321-4327.1998     Document Type: Article

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