Functional display of a heterologous protein on the surface of Lactococcus lactis by means of the cell wall anchor of Staphylococcus aureus protein A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 342-345

  Steidler, Lothar ^a   Viaene, Jasmine ^a   Fiers, Walter ^a   Remaut, Erik ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYSTYRENE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031975345     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.342-345.1998     Document Type: Article

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