Yersinia pestis lacZexpresses a β-galactosidasewith lowenzymatic activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Bobrov, Alexander G ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase; receptor; LacI; LacY; LacZ; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LACTOSE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33645084776     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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