LnqR, a TetR-family transcriptional regulator, positively regulates lacticin Q production in Lactococcus lactis QU 5

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 363, Issue 18, 2016, Pages

  Iwatani, Shun ^a,c   Ishibashi, Naoki ^a   Flores, Floirendo P ^a,b   Zendo, Takeshi ^a   Nakayama, Jiro ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Lacticin Q; Lactococcus lactis; TetR family regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; LACTICIN Q; LNQR PROTEIN; LNZR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LACTICIN Q, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LETTER; LNQQBCDEF GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84991032512     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw200     Document Type: Letter

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