Functional analysis of promoters involved in quorum sensing-based regulation of bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 619-628

  Risøen, Per Arne ^a   Brurberg, May Bente ^b   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033862072     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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