Biochemical and molecular characterization of Lactobacillus reuteri 121 reuteransucrase

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2099-2112

  Kralj, S ^a   van Geel Schutten, G H ^a,b   van der Maarel, M J E C ^a,b   Dijkhuizen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCAN; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; REUTERANSUCRASE; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LEUCONOSTOC; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LEUCONOSTOC; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 4344560401     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27105-0     Document Type: Article

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