Analysis of promoter sequences from Lactobacillus and Lactococcus and their activity in several Lactobacillus species

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 383-389

  McCracken, Andrea ^a   Turner, Mark S ^a   Giffard, Phil ^a   Hafner, Louise M ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consensus sequence; Gene expression; Lactobacillus; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIGS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034046744     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000159     Document Type: Article

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