Sequence, organization, transcription and regulation of lactose and galactose operons in Lactobacillus rhamnosus TCELL-1

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 446-459

  Tsai, Y K ^a   Lin, T H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Galactose operon; Gene expression; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Lactose operon; Nucleotide sequence; Sugar metabolism; Transcriptional analysis

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUGARS;

GALACTOSE OPERON; GENE CLUSTERS; GENES EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOSE OPERON; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDES SEQUENCES; OPEN READING FRAME; SUGAR METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS TCELL 1; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION;

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33645124656     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02790.x     Document Type: Article

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