Overproduction of Campylobacter ferritin in Escherichia coli and induction of paracrystalline inclusion by ferrous compound

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Wai, Sun Nyunt ^a   Nakayama, Koji ^b   Takade, Akemi ^a   Amako, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apaferritin; Campylobacter jejuni; cft gene; Electron microscopy; Escherichia coli; Ferritin; Freeze substitution; Overexpression; Paracrystalline inclusion; Thin section

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CAMPYLOBACTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0013509662     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01879.x     Document Type: Article

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