The Evolution of gene regulation research in Lactococcus lactis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2017, Pages S220-S243

  Kok, Jan ^a   van Gijtenbeek, Lieke A ^a   de Jong, Anne ^a   van der Meulen, Sjoerd B ^a   Solopova, Ana ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

omics; gene regulation; gene technology; Lactococcus lactis; single cell analysis; systems biology

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PROLINE DIPEPTIDASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; QUERCETIN; RIBOFLAVIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOKINASE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CHROMOSOME; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 85042444724     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/FEMSRE/FUX028     Document Type: Review

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