Mu transposition complex mutagenesis in Lactococcus lactis- identification of genes affecting nisin production

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Wu, Z ^a   Xuanyuan, Z ^a   Li, R ^a   Jiang, D ^a   Li, C ^a   Xu, H ^a   Bai, Y ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Turakainen, H ^b   Saris, P E J ^c   Savilahti, H ^b,d   Qiao, M ^a,c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrotransformation; Insertional mutagenesis; Lactococci; Mu transposition complex; Nisin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

CYSTEINS; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MU TRANSPOSITION COMPLEX; NISIN; NISIN PRODUCTION; OPTIMISATIONS; TRANSFORMANTS;

MUTAGENESIS;

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CYSTEINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCINE; NISIN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; SULFUR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CMBR PROTEIN, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOMERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NISB PROTEIN, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; RIBOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON FIXATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; FHUR GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NISB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; RPIA GENE; TRANSPOSON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NISIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58249112263     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03962.x     Document Type: Article

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