A specific mutation in the promoter region of the silent cel cluster accounts for the appearance of lactose-utilizing Lactococcus lactis MG1363

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5612-5621

  Solopova, Ana ^a   Bachmann, Herwig ^b   Teusink, Bas ^b,d   Kok, Jan ^a   Neves, Ana Rute ^c   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION PERIODS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGION; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS;

CELL CULTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SUGARS;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; LACTOSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOSE; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 84866169704     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00455-12     Document Type: Article

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