Staphylococcus aureus nuclease is a useful secretion reporter for mycobacteria

Gene

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Downing, Katrina J ^a   McAdam, Ruth A ^b   Mizrahi, Valerie ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antigens; Export; Leader peptide; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; NUCLEASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; GENE FUSION; GENE LIBRARY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032740407     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00408-4     Document Type: Article

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