Molecular cloning and sequencing of two phospho-β-galactosidase I and II genes of lactobacillus gasseri JCM1031 isolated from human intestine

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2318-2327

  Saito, Tadao ^a   Suzuki, Masakatsu ^a   Konno, Kei ^a   Kitazawa, Haruki ^a   Kawai, Yasushi ^a   Itoh, Takatoshi ^a   Kamio, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus gasseri; Molecular cloning; Phospho galactosidase; Structural gene

Indexed keywords

2 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; 2-NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; 4 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; 6 PHOSPHO BETA GALACTOSIDASE; 6-PHOSPHO-BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; ISOENZYME;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISOENZYMES; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032240765     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.2318     Document Type: Article

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