Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis signal sequences that direct the export of a leaderless β-lactamase gene product in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1619-1629

  Chubb, Anthony J ^a   Woodman, Zenda L ^a   Da Silva Tatley, Fernanda M P R ^a   Hoffmann, Hans Jürgen ^a   Scholle, Renate R ^a   Ehlers, Mario R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Export; Mycobacterium; Signal sequences; Tuberculosis; lactamase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; DNA FRAGMENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 0031801075     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1619     Document Type: Article

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