Control analysis as a tool to understand the formation of the las operon in Lactococcus lactis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2292-2303

  Koebmann, Brian ^a   Solem, Christian ^a   Jensen, Peter Ruhdal ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Lactococcus; las; Metabolic control analysis; Operon

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; FORMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LAS OPERON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FORMIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOLYSIS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OPERON; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASES; PYRUVATE KINASE;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 18444387987     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04656.x     Document Type: Article

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