Large increase in brazzein expression achieved by changing the plasmid/strain combination of the NICE system in Lactococcus lactis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 750-755

  Berlec, Aleš ^a   Strukelj B ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brazzein; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactococcus lactis; Nisin controlled expression; pMSP3545; pNZ8148; Sweet tasting protein

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BODY FLUIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BRAZZEIN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NISIN-CONTROLLED EXPRESSION; PMSP3545; PNZ8148; SWEET-TASTING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BRAZZEIN; NISIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; PEPTIDE; PLASMID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SWEETNESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 65649120794     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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