A food-grade approach for functional analysis and modification of native plasmids in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 702-706

  Cotter, Paul D ^a   Hill, Colin ^a   Ross, R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

CLONING VECTOR; NATIVE PLASMIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LACTICIN 3147; LANTIBIOTIC; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LTNA1; PROTEIN LTNA2; PROTEIN PMRC01; PROTEIN REPA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED CLONING VECTOR;

EID: 0037227138     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.702-706.2003     Document Type: Article

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