Heterologous expression and self-assembly of the S-layer protein SbsA of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-503

  Kuen, Beatrix ^a   Sára, Margit ^b   Lubitz, Werner ^a  

^a Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Vienna   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030054098     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.386918.x     Document Type: Article

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