Mini-TnhlyAs: A new tool for the construction of secreted fusion proteins

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 266-274

  Gentschev, I ^a   Maier, G ^a,b   Kranig, A ^a   Goebel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli hemolysin; Minitransposon; Secretion of HlyAs fusion proteins; TolC protein

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDE; HEMOLYSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029840427     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02173772     Document Type: Article

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