Genetic structure and transcriptional analysis of the arginine deiminase (ADI) cluster in Lactococcus lactis MG1363

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 617-622

  Budin Verneuil, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Maguin, Emmanuelle ^b   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Ehrlich, Dusko S ^b   Pichereau, Vianney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid stress; Arginine catabolism; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ARGININE CATABOLISM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DNA; PROTEINS; RNA;

ENZYMES;

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ARCB; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 33749535579     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-009     Document Type: Article

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