Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of opc, the gene for an unusual class 5 outer membrane protein from Neisseria meningitidis (meningococci/surface antigen)

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 249-257

  Olyhoek, A J M ^a   Sarkari, J ^a   Bopp, M ^a   Morelli, G ^a   Achtman, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

meningococci; surface antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSLATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0026235009     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0882-4010(91)90029-A     Document Type: Short Survey

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