Construction and evaluation of food-grade vectors for Lactococcus lactis using aspartate aminotransferase and α-galactosidase as selectable markers

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-171

  Sridhar, V R ^a,b   Smeianov, V V ^a   Steele, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Bifidobacterium; Food grade cloning; Lactococcus; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FOOD GRADE; FOOD-GRADE CLONING; GALACTOSIDASES; GRADES VECTOR; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; SELECTABLE MARKERS; Α-GALACTOSIDASE;

VECTORS;

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MELIBIOSE; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER;

AGLL GENE; ARTICLE; ASPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CLONING VECTOR; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC MARKER; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 33745479399     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02898.x     Document Type: Article

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