Lactococcus lactis contains only one glutamate decarboxylase gene

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1375-1380

  Nomura, Masaru ^a   Nakajima, Ikuyo ^a   Fujita, Yasuhito ^a   Kobayashi, Miho ^a   Kimoto, Hiromi ^a   Suzuki, Ichirou ^a   Aso, Hisashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; gadB; Glutamate decarboxylase; Lactococcus lactis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032981370     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1375     Document Type: Article

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