A new sterility test for cow's milk using alanine racemase gene as the index

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-29

  Yokoigawa, Kumio ^a   Okubo, Yoko ^b   Kawai, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Cow's milk; Food hygiene; Sterility test

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MILK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LURIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032819021     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80170-4     Document Type: Article

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