High-level, inducible gene expression in Lactobacillus sakei and Lactobacillus plantarum using versatile expression vectors

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2439-2449

  Sørvig, Elisabeth ^a,b   Mathiesen, Geir ^b   Naterstad, Kristine ^a   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^b   Axelsson, Lars ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PHEROMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SAKACIN A; SAKACIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; ORFX GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSIP GENE; PSIP VECTOR; REGULON; REPLICON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, CD13; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; LACTOBACILLUS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI;

EID: 22144493299     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28084-0     Document Type: Article

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