Identification and characterization of the omaA gene encoding the major outer membrane protein of Azospirillum brasilense

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-237

  Burdman, S ^a   De Mot, R ^b   Vanderleyden, J ^b   Okon, Y ^a   Jurkevitch, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; major outer membrane protein (MOMP); outer membrane proteins (OMPs); porins

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CLONE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENOME LIBRARY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OMAA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033658602     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425170009033236     Document Type: Article

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