A deficiency in aspartate biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis C2 causes slow milk coagulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1673-1679

  Wang, Hua ^a   Yu, Weizhu ^a,c   Coolbear, Tim ^b   O'Sullivan, Dan ^a   McKay, Larry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW ZEALAND DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^c Nabisco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CASEIN; DIPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OXALOACETIC ACID; PROTEINASE; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; TRIPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCI LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031860123     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1673-1679.1998     Document Type: Article

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