Functional analysis of glycosyltransferase genes from Lactococcus lactis and other gram-positive cocci: Complementation, expression, and diversity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6347-6353

  Van Kranenburg, Richard ^a   Vos, Harmjan R ^a   Van Swam, Iris I ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032693608     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6347-6353.1999     Document Type: Article

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