Expression, regulation, and mode of action of the AbiG abortive infection system of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris UC653

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 330-335

  O'Connor, Lisa ^a   Tangney, Mark ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032960493     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.330-335.1999     Document Type: Article

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