Characterization of a mutant of lactococcus lactis with reduced membrane-bound atpase activity under acidic conditions

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1574-1580

  Amachi, Seigo ^a   Ishikawa, Kohei ^a   Toyoda, Shuji ^b   Kagawa, Yasuo ^c   Yokota, Atsushi ^a   Tomita, Fusao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO LTD   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid sensitivity; ATPase; Cytoplasmic pH; Gene expression; Lactococcus lactis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; RABBITS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032132634     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1574     Document Type: Article

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