Cloning of the mspA gene encoding a porin from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 933-945

  Niederweis, Michael ^a   Ehrt, Sabine ^b   Heinz, Christian ^a   Klöcker, Uta ^c,e   Karosi, Stefanie ^a   Swiderek, Kristine M ^d   Riley, Lee W ^b   Benz, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MYCOLIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PORIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PORINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032881596     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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