Molecular properties of the two-component cell lysis system encoded by prophage φgaY of Lactobacillus gasseri JCM 1131T: Cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-308

  Yokoi, Ken Ji ^a,b   Shinohara, Masayuki ^a   Kawahigashi, Nobutaka ^a   Nakagawa, Kazuaki ^a   Kawasaki, Ken Ichi ^b   Nakamura, Shogo ^a   Taketo, Akira ^c   Kodaira, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Toyama Prefectural Agricultural Forestry And Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^c FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

attB; attP; Endolysin; Holin; Lactobacillus gasseri; gaY

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN C; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOCOCCI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 16244386892     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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