Differential activities of four Lactobacillus casei promoters during bacterial transit through the gastrointestinal tracts of human-microbiota- associated mice

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1356-1363

  Oozeer, R ^a   Furet, J P ^a   Goupil Feuillerat, N ^b   Anba, J ^a   Mengaud, J ^b   Corthier, G ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HUMAN FECAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE (RT);

BACTERIA;

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CCPA GENE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLT GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACT GENE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTP GENE; LDH GENE; LUCIFERASE GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PROBIOTICS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 15444363965     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1356-1363.2005     Document Type: Article

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