The S-layer gene of Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ 892: Cloning, sequence and heterologous expression

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-726

  Callegari, M Luisa ^a   Riboli, Barbara ^a   Sanders, J Willem ^b   Cocconcelli, P Sandro ^a   Kok, Jan ^b   Venema, Gerard ^b   Morelli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b RUG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloning; Heterologous expression; Lactobacillus helveticus; S layer

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CISTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031931533     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-719     Document Type: Article

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