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Reconstruction of the regulatory network of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on basis of correlated gene expression and conserved regulatory motifs

  1. Michiel Wels1,2,3,*,
  2. Lex Overmars1,3,
  3. Christof Francke1,3,
  4. Michiel Kleerebezem1,2,4,
  5. Roland J. Siezen1,2,3

Article first published online: 26 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00217.x

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Microbial Biotechnology

Microbial Biotechnology

Special Issue: Lactic Acid Bacteria. Editors: Michiel Kleerebezem and Willem M. de Vos.

Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 333–344, May 2011

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Wels, M., Overmars, L., Francke, C., Kleerebezem, M. and Siezen, R. J. (2011), Reconstruction of the regulatory network of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on basis of correlated gene expression and conserved regulatory motifs. Microbial Biotechnology, 4: 333–344. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00217.x

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  1. 1

    Top Institute Food and Nutrition and Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, PO Box 557, 6700 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands.

  2. 2

    NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands.

  3. 3

    Radboud University Nijmegen Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

  4. 4

    Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 10, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.

* Email: michiel.wels@nizo.nl; Tel. (+31) 318 659 674; Fax (+31) 318 650 400.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 APR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 26 OCT 2010
  3. Received 30 May, 2010; accepted 31 August, 2010.

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