X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase gene (pepX) is part of the glnRA operon in Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 146-154

  Varmanen, Pekka ^a,b   Savijoki, Kirsi ^c   Åvall, Silja ^a,d   Palva, Airi ^c,d   Tynkkynen, Soile ^a  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033986866     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.146-154.2000     Document Type: Article

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