A simple expression system for Lactococcus lactis and Enterococcus faecalis

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 999-1007

  Marelli, Belkis ^a   Magni, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Gene expression; Lactococcus lactis; Plasmid; Promoter region

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN PRODUCTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REPORTER GENE; ROTAVIRUSES; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 77952290440     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0262-5     Document Type: Article

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