Natural DNA transformation is functional in Lactococcus lactis subsp. Cremoris KW2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2017, Pages

  David, Blandine ^a,c   Radziejwoski, Amandine ^a   Toussaint, Frédéric ^a   Fontaine, Laetitia ^a   de Frahan, Marie Henry ^a   Patout, Cédric ^a   van Dillen, Sabine ^b   Boyaval, Patrick ^b   Horvath, Philippe ^b   Fremaux, Christophe ^b   Hols, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clp protease; competence; ComX; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactococcus; Natural DNA transformation; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DNA; GENES; LACTIC ACID; MACHINERY; PROTEINS;

CLP PROTEASE; COMPETENCE; COMX; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS; NATURAL DNAS; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PROTEIN;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS;

EID: 85026507733     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01074-17     Document Type: Article

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