Genome sequence and analysis of Lactobacillus helveticus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Cremonesi, Paola ^a   Chessa, Stefania ^a   Castiglioni, Bianca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor activity; Genome sequence; IS element; Lactobacillus helveticus; Plasmid; Probiotic; Pseudogenes; Transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875882680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00435     Document Type: Article

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