Production and cell surface anchoring of functional fusions between the SLH motifs of the Bacillus anthracis S-layer proteins and the Bacillus subtilis levansucrase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 927-936

  Mesnage, Stéphane ^a   Tosi Couture, Evelyne ^b   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEVANSUCRASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE K;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CHIMERA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032952678     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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