Cloning and expression of the porA gene of the Neisseria meningitidis strain B:4:P1.15 in Escherichia coli preliminary characterization of the recombinant polypeptide

Acta Biotechnologica

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 165-173

  Guillen, G ^a   Alvarez, A ^a   Niebla, O ^a   Silva, R ^a   Gonzalez, S ^a   Musacchio, A ^a   Martin, A ^a   Delgado, M ^a   Herrera, L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION SITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0029807415     PISSN: 01384988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/abio.370160212     Document Type: Article

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