Use of antisense RNA to modulate glycosyltransferase gene expression and exopolysaccharide molecular mass in Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-225

  Bouazzaoui, K ^a   LaPointe, G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Conditional gene expression; Exopolysaccharides; Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RNA, ANTISENSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33645957671     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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