A plasmid-based vector system for the cloning and expression of Helicobacter pylori genes encoding outer membrane proteins

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 501-507

  Fischer, W ^a   Schwan, D ^a   Gerland, E ^a   Erlenfeld, G E ^a   Odenbreit, S ^a   Haas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counterselectable marker; Expression system; Outer membrane proteins; Shuttle vector based outer membrane protein expression system (SOMPES)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032740771     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051111     Document Type: Article

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