Cloning and Expression of P60, A Conserved Surface-Localized Protein of Mycoplasma Hominis, in Escherichia Coli

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1143-1150

  Henrich, Birgit ^a   Berns, Grete ^a   Weinhold, Manuela ^a   Kitzerow, Annette ^a   Schaal, Heiner ^a   Hadding, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

clp60 gene; In vitro mutagenesis; Membrane protein; Mollicutes; Solubility

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; PROTEIN P60; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITOPE MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031686258     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.8-9.1143     Document Type: Article

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