A review on Lactococcus lactis: From food to factory

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Song, Adelene Ai Lian ^a   In, Lionel L A ^b   Lim, Swee Hua Erin ^c   Rahim, Raha Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Expression systems; Heterologous proteins; Lactococcus lactis; Microbial cell factory; Recombinant proteins; Secretion; Surface display

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SURFACE DISPLAY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD INDUSTRY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MODERN TIMES; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WHOLE CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOOD CONTROL; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROBIOTICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85017006210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0669-x     Document Type: Review

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