The nine peptidoglycan hydrolases genes in Lactobacillus helveticus are ubiquitous and early transcribed

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Jebava, Iva ^a,b   Plockova, Milada ^b   Lortal, Sylvie ^a   Valence, Florence ^a  

^a UMR1253   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autolysins; Autolysis; Lactobacillus helveticus; Peptidoglycan hydrolases

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTOPE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AUTOLYSIS; CELL WALL; CHEESE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 79957898844     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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