Identification of the pH-inducible, proton-translocating F1F0-ATPase (atpBEFHAGDC) operon of Lactobacillus acidophilus by differential display: Gene structure, cloning and characterization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1152-1161

  Kullen, Martin J ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032825378     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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