Six putative two-component regulatory systems isolated from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 935-947

  O'Connell Motherway, Mary ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a   Morel Deville, Françoise ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^b   Morel, Patrice ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Histidine protein kinase; Lactococcus lactis; Response regulator; Signnl transduction; Two component regulatory systems

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

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

EID: 0034087104     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-935     Document Type: Article

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