Modification of Lactobacillus β-glucuronidase activity by random mutagenesis

Gene

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Callanan, Michael J ^a,b   Russell, William M ^a,c   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicurian coli; Lactobacillus gasseri gusA gene; pH range; reporter enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI;

EID: 33846575680     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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