Production of hyaluronic acid by mutant strains of group C streptococcus

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 747-755

  Tlustá, Marcela ^a   Krahulec, Ján ^b   Pepeliaev, Stanislav ^a   Franke, Lukáš ^a   Černý, Zbyněk ^a   Jílková, Jana ^a  

^a R and D Department Contipro Group   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Has operon; Hyaluronic acid; Mutagenesis; Promoter; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL MUTATION; HAS OPERON; INHIBITORY EFFECT; POINT MUTATIONS; PROMOTER; PROMOTER STRENGTH; RELATIVE STRENGTH; STREPTOCOCCUS;

GENES; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

HYALURONIC ACID;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; WILD TYPE;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP C';

EID: 84882921531     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-012-9622-8     Document Type: Article

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