A phytase-based reporter system for identification of functional secretion signals in bifidobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Osswald, Annika ^a   Westermann, Christina ^a   Sun, Zhongke ^a,b   Riedel, Christian U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ZHOUKOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; PHYTASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUCYTOSINE;

APPA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; GUSA GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPORTER GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SP.;

6-PHYTASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUCYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCTS, TAT; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84939183249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128802     Document Type: Article

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