Towards enhanced galactose utilization by lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7048-7060

  Neves, Ana R ^a   Pool, Wietske A ^b   Solopova, Ana ^b   Kok, Jan ^b   Santos, Helena ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CONSUMPTION RATES; GALACTOSE METABOLISM; GALACTOSE PERMEASE; GLUCOSE 1-PHOSPHATE; HIGH AFFINITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LELOIR PATHWAY; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; QUALITY PRODUCT; TAGATOSE;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; METABOLISM; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL DNA; GALACTOSE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 78149459214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01195-10     Document Type: Article

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