Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of dnaK in Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-224

  Kim, Seung Whan ^a   Choi, In Hwa ^a   Kim, Su Nam ^a   Kim, Yong Hwan ^a   Pyo, Suhk Neung ^a   Rhee, Dong Kwong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dnaK; Heat shock protein; Polyclonal antibody; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN DNAK; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032523145     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00062-7     Document Type: Article

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