L-Alanine Auxotrophy of Lactobacillus johnsonii as Demonstrated by Physiological, Genomic, and Gene Complementation Approaches

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1869-1873

  Van Der Kaaij, Hengameh ^a   Desiere, Frank ^a   Mollet, Beat ^a   Germond, Jacques Edouard ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNTHESIS;

ALANINE; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1642294918     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1869-1873.2004     Document Type: Article

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