Use of the lactococcal nisA promoter to regulate gene expression in gram-positive bacteria: Comparison of induction level and promoter strength

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2763-2769

  Eichenbaum, Zehava ^a   Federle, Michael J ^a   Marra, Diana ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031904156     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2763-2769.1998     Document Type: Article

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