Twofold reduction of phosphofructokinase activity in Lactococcus lactis results in strong decreases in growth rate and in glycolytic flux

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3458-3467

  Andersen, Heidi W ^a   Solem, Christian ^a   Hammer, Karin ^a   Jensen, Peter R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH RATE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE-1; PLASMIDS; PYRUVATE KINASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035026055     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.11.3458-3467.2001     Document Type: Article

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