Transcription analysis of hyaluronan biosynthesis genes in Streptococcus zooepidemicus and metabolically engineered Lactococcus lactis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1593-1607

  Prasad, Shashi Bala ^a   Ramachandran, K B ^a   Jayaraman, Guhan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Hyaluronan; Lactococcus lactis; Metabolic engineering; Real time PCR; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; Transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); HYALURONIC ACID; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN;

HYALURONAN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; REAL-TIME PCR; STREPTOCOCCUS ZOOEPIDEMICUS; TRANSCRIPTION ANALYSIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

GENOMIC DNA; HYALURONIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH MODELING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84867321278     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3944-0     Document Type: Article

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