Enhanced metalloadsorption of bacterial cells displaying poly-his peptides

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1017-1020

  Sousa, Carolina ^a   Cebolla, Angel ^a   De Lorenzo, Victor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Heavy metals; LamB; Metallotropism

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METALLOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOENGINEERING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CADMIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; NICKEL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, VIRUS;

EID: 0029817522     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0896-1017     Document Type: Article

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