Secretion of lysine in a broth medium by lactic bacteria and yeasts associated with garri production using a synthetic gene

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Okafor, Nduka ^a,c   Okeke, B C ^b   Umeh, C ^a   Ibenegbu, C ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACID CONTENT; AMINO-ACIDS; BROTH MEDIA; CYANOGENIC GLUCOSIDES; FERMENTING CASSAVA; GENE CODING; LAC PROMOTERS; LYSINE PRODUCTION; SYNTHETIC GENES; SYNTHETIC LYSINE;

AMYLASES;

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; CYANIDE; GLUCOSIDE; LYSINE; PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHAGEMID; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 0033032611     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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