Inactivation of a gene that is highly conserved in Gram-positive bacteria stimulates degradation of non-native proteins and concomitantly increases stress tolerance in Lactococcus lactis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-103

  Frees, Dorte ^a   Varmanen, Pekka ^b   Ingmer, Hanne ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary Microbiology ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PROTEINASE; PUROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPOSON;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PUROMYCIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0034945196     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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