Transposon Mutagenesis of Probiotic Lactobacillus casei Identifies asnH, an Asparagine Synthetase Gene Involved in Its Immune-Activating Capacity

• Masahiro Ito,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yun-Gi Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hirokazu Tsuji,

  Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takuya Takahashi,

  Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mayumi Kiwaki,

  Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koji Nomoto,

  Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hirofumi Danbara,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Nobuhiko Okada

  * E-mail: okadan@pharm.kitasato-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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