Expression of the superantigen Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen in Escherichia coli and characterization of the recombinant protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4965-4971

  Knudtson, Kevin L ^a,b   Manohar, Munirai ^a   Joyner, David E ^a   Ahmed, Elsayed A ^a   Cole, Barry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030729213     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.4965-4971.1997     Document Type: Article

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