A unique gene cluster for the utilization of the mucosal and human milk-associated glycans galacto-N-biose and lacto-N-biose in Lactobacillus casei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 521-538

  Bidart, Gonzalo N ^a,b   Rodríguez Díaz, Jesús ^a   Monedero, Vicente ^a   Yebra, María J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GALACTO N BIOSE; GALACTOSE 6P ISOMERASE; ISOMERASE; LACTO N BIOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 6P DEACETYLASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TAGATOSE; TAGATOSE 6P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6-O-GALACTOPYRANOSYLGALACTOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GNB GENE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FIRMICUTES; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DISACCHARIDES; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MILK, HUMAN; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; POLYSACCHARIDES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84905560506     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12678     Document Type: Article

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