Expression and purification of the crystalline surface layer protein of Rickettsia typhi

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Hahn, Myong Joon ^a   Chang, Woo Hyun ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crystalline surface layer protein; Rickettsia typhi; SLP

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TYPHUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029867171     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03339.x     Document Type: Article

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