Heterologous expression of the plant coumarate: CoA ligase in Lactococcus lactis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-49

  Martinez Cuesta M C ^a   Gasson, M J ^a   Narbad, Arjan ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 coumarate: CoA ligase; Arabidopsis; Lactococcus lactis; Vanillin pathway

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENE ENCODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

4-COUMARATE: COA; 4-COUMARATE: COA LIGASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIGASES; MULTI COPIES; THALIANA; VANILLIN PATHWAY;

ENZYMES;

CELL EXTRACT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; NISIN;

ENZYME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 12444290982     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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