The cold shock response of Lactobacillus casei: Relation between HPr phosphorylation and resistance to freeze/thaw cycles

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 65-75

  Beaufils, Sophie ^a   Sauvageot, Nicolas ^a   Mazé, Alain ^b   Laplace, Jean Marie ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^b   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cold shock; Csp; HPr; Lactobacillus casei; Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN CSPB, BACTERIA; COLD-SHOCK PROTEIN CSPB, BACTERIA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLD SENSITIVITY; FREEZE THAWING; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MUTANT; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 38449120879     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103598     Document Type: Article

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