Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by fimbrial designer adhesins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 363-371

  Schembri, Mark A ^a   Kjærgaard, Kristian ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Designer adhesin; Fimbrial peptide display; Heavy metal binder; Type 1 fimbria

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MANNOSE; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032960161     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00569-2     Document Type: Article

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