Review: Lactococcus lactis: An efficient gram positive cell factory for the production and secretion of recombinant protein

Biomedical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  D'Souza, Roshan ^a   Pandeya, Dipendra Raj ^b   Hong, Seong Tshool ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Nepal Army Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Lactococcus lactis; Therapeutic recombinant proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRUCELLA VACCINE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI UREASE SUBUNIT B; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN HTRA; PROTEIN MSP 119 VACCINE; PROTEIN SEC; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CONSTITUTIVE PROMOTER; DNA MODIFICATION; ENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALARIA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NISIN CONTROLLED EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHAGE INDUCED EXPRESSION SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SUGAR INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; THERMOSTABILITY; TUMOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84859821323     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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