Characterization of genes involved in the metabolism of α-galactosides by Lactococcus raffinolactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4049-4056

  Boucher, Isabelle ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Christian ^a   Moineau, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERMENTATION; GENES; METABOLISM;

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS;

ENZYMES;

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDE; CELL DNA; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; LACTOSE; MELIBIOSE; RAFFINOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS RAFFINOLACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS RAFFINOLACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037478972     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4049-4056.2003     Document Type: Article

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