Gene cloning, sequencing, and inactivation of the branched-chain aminotransferase of Lactococcus lactis LM0230

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2325-2329

  Atiles, Myrta W ^a   Dudley, Edward G ^a   Steele, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSAMINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034089585     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2325-2329.2000     Document Type: Article

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