Transcriptional regulation and characterization of a novel β-fructofuranosidase-encoding gene from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3475-3482

  Ryan, Sinéad M ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,b   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BIVALENT CATIONS; CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; FRUCTOOLIGOSACHARIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA;

GENES;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOSA GENE; FOSB GENE; FOSC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLKA GENE; GLYCOLYSIS; LACI GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 22144456095     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3475-3482.2005     Document Type: Article

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