Molecular characterization of the Lactococcus lactis ptsHI operon and analysis of the regulatory role of HPr

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 764-771

  Luesink, Evert J ^a   Beumer, Christel M A ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

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

EID: 0032916284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.764-771.1999     Document Type: Article

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