Cloning, sequencing and characterization of the ccpA gene from Enterococcus faecalis

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 109-113

  Leboeuf, Céline ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Catabolite repression; CcpA; Enterococcus faecalis

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034630289     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00185-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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