Construction of a new reporter system to study the NaCl-dependent dnaK promoter activity of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 690-697

  Hörmann, Sebastian ^a   Vogel, Rudi F ^a   Ehrmann, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

ENZYME ASSAYS; GENE ENCODING; NACL STRESS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL INDUCTION;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME; FECAL COLIFORM; HYBRIDIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNAJ GENE; DNAK GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRPE GENE; HRCA GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SANFRANCISCENSIS; MELA GENE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SANFRANCISCENSIS;

EID: 33646772886     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0114-7     Document Type: Article

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