Molecular organization of plasmid pER13 in Streptococcus thermophilus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1991-1999

  Somkuti, G A ^a   Steinberg, D H ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Plasmid; Streptococcus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GENE TRANSFER; LACTIC ACID; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP D'; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 35748965568     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9542-z     Document Type: Article

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