Comparative and functional analysis of the rRNA-operons and their tRNA gene complement in different lactic acid bacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 358-367

  de Vries, Maaike C ^a,b   Siezen, Roland J ^a,c,d   Wijman, Janneke G E ^a,b   Zhao, Yuan ^a,b   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,d   de Vos, Willem M ^a,b   Vaughan, Elaine E ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus johnsonii; Lactobacillus plantarum; Lactococcus lactis; Promoter regulation; Ribosomal DNA (rrn) operon; tRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS;

LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 33745652048     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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