Selection and Characterization of Conditionally Active Promoters in Lactobacillus plantarum, Using Alanine Racemase as a Promoter Probe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 310-317

  Bron, Peter A ^a,b   Hoffer, Sally M ^a,b,c   Van Swam, Iris I ^a,b   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CLONING; GENES; SCREENING;

WESTERN BLOT ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; CYCLOSERINE; GENE PRODUCT; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ALR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALANINE RACEMASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOSERINE; DNA PROBES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS PLANTARUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345869633     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.310-317.2004     Document Type: Article

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