Expression and site-directed mutagenesis of the lactococcal abortive phage infection protein AbiK

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3721-3730

  Fortier, Louis Charles ^a   Bouchard, Julie D ^a   Moineau, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABIK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; ORF4 GENE; PABIK GENE; PHENOTYPE; PORF3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; LAC OPERON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 18944397626     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3721-3730.2005     Document Type: Article

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